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The Top 10 SaaStr Posts on Hiring Your Very First Sales Reps

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Ah, hiring those first 1 or 2 sales reps. So often, they are mis-hires. But when you get that Sales Magician — they really can be a game changer. If that’s you, hiring your first few sales reps, here are our Top 10 SaaStr Posts on Hiring Your First Few Sales Reps: #1.

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Hiring Risks vs. Hiring Flags

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During the Boom Times of late ’20-early ’22, we all often confused Taking Risks in hiring … with Just Plain Ignoring Flags. The best VPs of Sales I’ve hired were Directors of Sales before. That’s far better in my experience than hiring a random top tier university grad. Watch them fly.

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Salesforce, Samsara, Monday and More: “Layoffs are Over. We’re Back to Hiring. Thousands.”

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But we’re lapping tougher times for many, and for many others, it’s just plain time to hire again. So many Cloud and SaaS leaders kept hiring flat for the past 12-18 months, and yet still grew. That works for a while, but you end up with not enough headcount if you do freeze hiring but still want to grow.

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Don’t Hire a VP of Sales Everybody Loves

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Yes, sometimes it’s OK to hire a VP of Sales that everyone loves. At least 9 times out of 10, if everyone on the team loves a VP of Sales, it’s the wrong hire. And this especially matters because I often see CEOs picking between 2 final VP of Sales candidates. VCs love VP of Sales that sell up well.

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Boost Your Tech & Sales Candidate Response Rate to 90%

Hired is an online hiring marketplace that connects actively looking tech & sales talent with companies like yours. Try Hired today. You can search through our candidate pool by salary, location, skills and more to find the right match for your open role.

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From Founder-Led Sales to Hiring Your First AE

Predictable Revenue

Learn how to transition from founder-led sales to making your first hire, including the four outbound funnels your sales team should focus on. The post From Founder-Led Sales to Hiring Your First AE appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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When You Hire Your First Sales Rep — Just Make Sure You Hire Two

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The time is probably going to come when you have to build a sales team in SaaS. It may be X months down the road, once you close a few deals of large enough size ($x,000 ACV) to justify hiring a sales rep. Hiring your first sales person. But most of you haven’t built or led an inside sales team before.

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Boost Your Tech & Sales Candidate Response Rate to 90%

Hired is the largest AI-driven marketplace that matches ambitious tech & sales talent with the world’s most innovative companies. With our intuitive search filters, Hired makes it easy to find the right candidate for your open role. Try Hired today.