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SaaStr Podcast #395 with UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan

SaaStr

What does it take to scale a sales team successfully? I’ve heard so many good things from Kobie, now at Upfront, and then also the team at Openview. Andy MacMillan: I started my career in tech actually as a developer. I don’t subscribe to the servant leadership model. How does Andy think about discounting?

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Use This Interview Scorecard Template to Win the Top Sales Talent

Sales Hacker

In my experience, getting caught up in shiny objects (like great numbers) during the hiring process is a straight line to Disasterville, and when the cost of a bad hire is painfully significant , it pays to take a measured approach. Also: What are the top performers in my current team doing? This is a team effort.

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The Enterprise Prospecting Guide: 6 Tips for Better Responses

Sales Hacker

And finding time is tough compared to an SMB executive. The days of leveraging someone’s college, hometown, favorite sports team, etc., Ask, “Is it a bad idea to ask you who I should be contacting for a chat around (insert problems you solve for)? ”. Make sure you reference the previous conversation with the new prospect.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably. There is one thing, I love this quote and it’s a little bit of a crude quote, not that it’s bad language-. What do you do with that lightly toxic person on your team? I’ve spent three years deploying Gainsight. Aaron : No.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Contrast that with companies that might also sell into the SMB segment of the market where the ASPs, the average deal sizes are lower. We’ve referred to them as GRIT.

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How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit

Andreessen Horowitz

Bansal shares this and other key milestones and frameworks for company building in conversation with a16z general partner Peter Levine; enterprise deal team partner Satish Talluri (who was a director of product and growth operations there); and Sonal Chokshi. the night before it was to IPO). Like, if you don’t know <Yeah.>

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PODCAST 77: Navigating the Pace and Pressure of Startup w/ Vikas Bhambri

Sales Hacker

Vikas’ Journey from Sales Engineer to Managing a BD Team (22:20). Vikas’ background is sales engineering as a path into sales and revenue leadership. He leads Kustomer’s sales and customer experience departments, overseeing sales, business development, implementation, customer success, and support. Sam’s Corner (43:33).