SaaStr
JANUARY 3, 2024
Dear SaaStr: Should I Go Into SaaS Sales? If you aren’t sure you want to go into sales — don’t do it. Maybe in 2021, when many SaaS leaders were growing at simply unprecedented rates, could succeed in sales if you weren’t sure you wanted to sell. There’s usually a clear promotion path in a growing sales team.
SaaStr
MARCH 18, 2024
Dear SaaStr: If you were hiring a head of sales for a high-priced, niche B2B SaaS product, would you focus on general B2B SaaS sales experience or on market/customer knowledge, assuming it will be very difficult to find a candidate with both? For highly transactional sales, ignore this advice. Not all, but most.
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SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Back in the day, premium comp for some software sales execs made simple and easy sense. Traditional software had 90% gross margins, and the classic enterprise sales reps, the best ones, could close a million or more dollars a year. Many SaaS companies just agreed to higher OTEs, but packaged them with higher quotas as well.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 2, 2023
Dear SaaStr: What Is The Optimal Structure of an Initial SaaS B2B Sales Team? Where, roughly speaking, each sales rep brings in at least 4x-5x the total compensation they take out. Where you burn a ton of cash is “buying” sales. Shoving sales reps into segments where you don’t have enough leads / enough demand.
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SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Theoretically, the relationship between sales and marketing should be easy –– after all, these teams are responsible for pulling in more business and increasing revenue. Reconciling the Past and Present Experience can be the best teacher, and Passi can draw on his past career as a sales leader at an early-stage company.
SaaStr
MAY 16, 2024
SaaS outside of classic “B2B’ is often holding up well. But classic B2B SaaS is definitely in many cases seeing tougher times. In fact, 58% of you say sales cycles are even longer this year. The post 58% of You Say Sales Cycles Are Even Longer in 2024 appeared first on SaaStr. Klaviyo, Toast, etc.
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