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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Revenue per employee has doubled since 2021, leading to budget cuts and the necessity for leaders to achieve more with fewer resources. Jason Lemkin shares his experience of hiring and investing in his business, which has revitalized his passion for work and brought him renewed purpose and excitement.

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Does Outbound Still Work? 49% Of You Say No

SaaStr

Hiring 10, 20, 50 SDRs straight out of school to send the exact same email sequences to try to get meetings for an AE with more experience that them isn’t performing for 90%+ of us anymore. Most AEs won’t do outbound themselves, no matter what X and LinkedIn say. The outbound playbook from the past 5-10 years in SaaS clearly … isn’t.

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CRO Confidential: The Hangover’s Over: 5 Ways to Get Your SaaS Revenue Back On Track with Gong’s SVP Sales and Founders Fund

SaaStr

O n the whole, every org has a customer funnel on one hand and employee resources on the other. Often, Sam and Jameson see too many companies weighted heavily on the middle and bottom of the funnel, skipping the top of funnel and therefore misaligning resources to where the bottleneck actually is. Where is the focus?

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Dear SaaStr: What Percentage of Startups That Are Acquired Remain Successful?

SaaStr

Microsoft bought LinkedIn , and after a bit of a rough start (a few slow years), it has accelerated and today thrives under Microsoft, having rocketed past $10B in ARR. In my experience, what matters is priorities. They have massive resources, after all, and tons of smart engineers.

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GTM 94: Mastering Branding, Pricing, and Customer Success for AI Startups with Holly Chen

Sales Hacker

Guest Speaker Links (Holly Chen): LinkedIn: [link] Host Speaker Links (Scott Barker): LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ssbarker/ Newsletter: thegtmnewsletter.substack.com/ Sponsor: Brought to you by Demandbase. 46:33 – One thing that is working for Holly in go-to-market right now. It’s flexible, scalable ABM built for you.

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Hiring and Building a High-Performing Sales Team with Lucas Price, Former SVP of Sales at Zipwhip ($700m Sale to Twilio)

SaaStr

With a scorecard, you may like the person and then get to the scorecard and realize they do not have a demonstrated history of being resourceful or a high achiever. The right type of sales experience is critical for many sales roles. Interviewing is the smallest amount of power that sometimes goes to peoples’ heads.

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GTM 93: Mastering the Generalist Specialist Role and Decoding the CEO Dashboard with Noah Marks

Sales Hacker

28:02 – Noah’s experience working in investment banking and the lessons he learned. 28:02 – Noah’s experience working in investment banking and the lessons he learned. 12:10 – Navigating the current economic challenges facing tech companies. 44:16 – Must-haves in a CEO/executive roll-up dashboard.

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