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Mental Models to Help You Grow

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. OKRs are a useful mental model - they make it crystal clear what people and teams should be striving for.

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When should you hire a CFO?

SaaSHolic

Let’s dive into it: Pre-Revenue → You In the earliest days, successful founders need to be extremely efficient: drive as much productivity as possible with the few resources they have until they “hit something.” It just so happens that these CEOs typically prioritize pressing operational needs (a sales rep, a developer, etc.),

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International Women’s Day 2021: Choose to Challenge

InsightSquared

I transitioned from education to software in 2008, and I have held roles in everything from project management to sales. Today, I direct Field Enablement for the sales organization. Focus on the things that you can control and work to win, understanding as you engage with your team, or anyone really.

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The Zero-Sum Fallacy: ARR vs. Services

Kellblog

Some SaaS startups develop a form of zero-sum delusion early in their evolution, characterized by following set of beliefs. If the StartFast doesn’t work, it’s not a big deal because the Customer Success team’s mission is to offer free clean-up after failed implementations.

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Customer Success Operations 101: Drive Productivity with Purpose, People, and Process

ChurnZero

Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-velocity Sales, Marketing, or Product team without a designated operations function. Beloved by their tactical peers, operations brings needed order and logic to busy, results-oriented teams. They focus on how to get things done faster, better, and more efficiently.

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How to Work With a Consultant: The Ultimate Guide

Neil Patel

Unfortunately, your in-house team doesn’t have the required expertise to push through change. In a nutshell, they can give you expert opinions, analysis, and recommendations that can help ensure a more objective-based approach to grow your business and maximize sales – all at the same time. So what do you do? Where to Find Consultants.

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The Zero-Sum Fallacy: ARR vs. Services

OPEXEngine

Some SaaS startups develop a form of zero-sum delusion early in their evolution, characterized by the following set of beliefs. First, some SaaS companies deliberately run with a low set-up product, little to no services, and a customer success team that takes care of implementation issues. While partners are awesome, they are not you.