SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2021

Maybe you think developers are weird beasts that type on a keyboard pushing out code, and then as soon as they become indispensable, they quit. At his core, Jeff Lawson is a software developer first, and the CEO of Twilio second. You might also include developers on sales calls from time to time — it makes everyone feel heard.

Sales Recruiting 170

Sales Recruiting Development Software Review Management 170

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

Part-Time VPE 276

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 276

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

More on that here and a great video discussion below: You’ll probably be ready for your first VP of Sales by $1m in ARR. We’ve talked about this a lot on SaaStr, but hiring a true VP of Sales before you have 2 reps hitting quota (and thus a repeatable, if not yet fully repeating process) is too early.

Part-Time VPE 363

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale 363

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I’ve been invited to speak on hundreds of podcasts and written for some of the most prestigious websites in business and marketing, like Buffer, HubSpot, Nasdaq, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, NBC, and more. I’ve never created LinkedIn content with the “goal” of lead generation or immediate-term sales.

Sales Recruiting 133

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Social Media 133

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Storyblok started with a leadership-first hiring plan and a recruitment strategy that involved the following: A test to know how candidates handle different tasks and their expertise level. Their first step to achieving this was hiring a sales leader to build a sales team.

Scale 193

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scaling 193

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2022

Strong sales reps are the lifeblood of your business and how you choose to invest in them matters. For frontline sales managers, attributes like competency, quality of work, ease of execution, and length of contribution indicate reps’ overall job success, but you can’t rely on those inputs to tell you if they are personally satisfied.

Sales Recruiting 100

Sales Recruiting Scale Retention Sales 100

Mucker Capital

APRIL 2, 2024

In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales. As a founder, ideally you want your sellers, marketers, and product leaders aligned in transforming product features into value-based messages to accelerate sales cycles and secure corporate deals.

Sales Recruiting 52

Sales Recruiting Technical Review Enterprise Cybersecurity 52

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you.

Payments 131

Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 131

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 18, 2019

The template is broken into six sections: People, Bookings & Revenue, Cash, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success. This section covers employee satisfaction, headcount, and recruiting metrics. It’s important to track the number of leads in the conversion rates to sales generated by sales.

Metrics 206

Metrics Sales Recruiting Startup SaaS 206

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

To help speed up the process, I reviewed six of the best systems on the market and put together a comprehensive list of what to look for as you make your final decision. Think about your accounting software, your employee scheduling software, and other essential tools related to payroll. Software as a service (SaaS).

Payment Services 145

Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2023

The first goal of sales at a startup isn’t to bring in revenue — it’s to get customer feedback. I’ve used our sales process to iterate our way to product market-fit and wanted to share what I’ve learned along the way. Use sales conversations as a tool to get product feedback. So how do you get there?

Sales Recruiting 90

Sales Recruiting Product Marketing Scale Sales Hiring 90

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. Recruiting is easier, but the things that don’t change are customers don’t care.

Sales Recruiting 252

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 252

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.” You can’t always expect a great VP of Sales to double sales in 30-60-90 days. But you have to see progress in one sales cycle. If, in one sales cycle, things aren’t improving on several core metrics, they never will. The best VPs of Sales hit the ground running.

Part-Time VPE 180

Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Hiring CTO Hire 180

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Always make sure to talk with a sales representative and be as detailed as possible about your current and future situation to make sure they can handle everything you need. Do you need help for the foreseeable future or just for a one-off event like a round of recruitment? HR software. Types of services.

Outsourcing Services 118

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 118

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This differs from traditional marketing in that instead of pre-paying for ad space or content, advertisers and individuals promote your products in exchange for commissions on sales they drive or other trackable activities like lead generation or trial downloads. Building a Healthy Affiliate Program.

Sales Recruiting 141

Sales Recruiting Marketing Social Media Software Review 141

The Angel VC

APRIL 1, 2017

At the excellent SaaStr Annual 2016 conference about a year ago, a very experienced SaaS CEO said on stage that an internal recruiter can be a startup CEO’s secret superpower. If you can hire only one or two handful of people with your seed round, hiring anybody who doesn’t either code or sell is hard to justify.

Sales Hiring 168

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Startup Software Review 168

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2019

He rises to number ten on our list due to the high session average and initial bookmarks by our attendees. Gainsight’s customer success software empowers companies to increase revenue and decrease customer churn. Henrique Dubugras started coding when he was just nine years old. Kyle Porter Salesloft Founder / CEO.

Sales Recruiting 173

Sales Recruiting Software Review Technical Review PayPal 173

Kellblog

JULY 30, 2023

For example: Marketing exists is to make sales easier. HR exists to help managers manage. This one depends on your sales/success model.) You can make sales easier in very strategic ways, like picking great target markets and working with product to uniquely meet customer requirements. Recruiting support.

Software Review 66

Software Review Technical Review Sales Recruiting Artificial Intelligence 66

SaaStr

MARCH 10, 2020

That was the most over the top entrance that the sales leader for a company that moves boxes around the world has ever gotten. When they pay us to do that, we give them access to a best in class software platform. So we did about 442 million in sales last year. We are not a software business. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Scale 209

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scaling 209

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. We'll take you through idea generation, market research, defining a minimum viable product, building new features, managing the launch, and beyond. Next up, you need to validate the idea before you start writing code.

Development 105

Development Software Review Sales Recruiting Technical Review 105

InsightSquared

MAY 15, 2019

It’s one of my favorite questions to ask a fellow professional in sales operations. Insurance sales rep. Account Manager. Sales Operations is Still Developing. Sales operations as a profession is growing, yet it is a comparatively new function in businesses. Sales Ops is Many Disciplines in One.

Sales Recruiting 110

Sales Recruiting Scale Technical Review Sales 110

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

The SaaS Trust Crisis is making it harder to market and sell software and services than ever before. And today, I’m very excited to be the co-founder and CEO of G2 where we’re building the world’s leading marketplace for SaaS software. The situation is getting worse. Godard Abel | Co-Founder and CEO @ G2.

Software Review 192

Software Review Scale Technical Review SaaS 192

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I’ve been invited to speak on hundreds of podcasts and written for some of the most prestigious websites in business and marketing, like Buffer, HubSpot, Nasdaq, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, NBC, and more. I’ve never created LinkedIn content with the “goal” of lead generation or immediate-term sales.

Sales Recruiting 52

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Social Media 52

Full Session

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Now, let’s begin this comprehensive article by highlighting the basics of website session recording software. Ease of use : You should choose software that is easy to use and set up to start recording sessions quickly. Check out the list below to get your hands on the best session recording software. FullSession.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Payment Solutions Payment Methods 52

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this blueprint, we provide insights on how to structure your sales organization. The changes in SaaS require that we no longer look at salespeople as individual contributors, but rather a team that crosses disciplines, not just within sales but also across other parts of the organization such as marketing and product.

Sales Recruiting 75

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring Sales 75

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. Due to his success, Ryan has been named to Forbes’ List of World’s Most Influential CMOs. Pssst Loving our podcast content?

Sales Hiring 141

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 141

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Precisely – about SaaS affiliate programs… SaaS partner programs entice both software providers and affiliate partners for various reasons: 1) SaaS products are usually low-cost. 2) Software companies can pay high commissions because they don’t sell physical products. 5) Everyone minds his own business.

SaaS Payments 139

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Getting the team right is one of the hardest parts of scaling sales. But no sales team can afford to grow without intention. While building a sales team, we’ve focused a lot on our sales culture. Here’s how we went about growing a sales team that is both world class and culture-additive.

Scale 160

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 160

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

When I ventured out to build my first Customer Success department at a tech software company, my leadership team thought I was nuts. At the time, I was a sales engineer, and my job was to close deals and move on to the next prospect. However, I found there were two flaws in our customer management process.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Technical Review Compensation 98

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2020

Nothing matters but recruiting and using your personal network. Sam Blond, CSO at Brex explains why recruiting, networking and employee happiness is the key to this playbook on recruiting your sales team. Sam Blond | Chief Sales Officer @ Brex. I’m doing The Playbook To Recruiting Your Sales Team.

Sales Recruiting 136

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team 136

OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

However, when we started doing our market diligence, the first three customers we chatted with said they would be churning in the next 12 months,” says Sanjiv. Do your due diligence and make sure those customers will represent you in a positive light. I wish founders would take that more into account,” says Itxaso.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Scale Development Team Review Software Review 73

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

One of the consequences of this is that the sales cycles slow down. Create strategic value PMs are under a lot of pressure to deliver features – from the sales team chasing a deal, the customer service colleagues trying to alleviate customer pain points, and executive leadership eyeing market expansion or increased market share.

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 105

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2020

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! What does Jessica believe is the right way to do proper pipe reviews? What specific elements does Jessica really double click on in reviews? Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? Loving our podcast content?

Sales Recruiting 188

Sales Recruiting Technical Review Sales Hiring Outsourced Development 188

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The expectations of today’s software buyers and users increase each year. Our highly selective, data-driven software award honors customer-obsessed SaaS platforms that deliver extraordinary experiences,” commented Matt Harney, Founder of APPEALIE. “No Promod Haque – Senior Managing Partner – Norwest Venture Partners.

Software Review 45

Software Review Sales Recruiting Technical Review Systems Review 45

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2020

3 Simple Tips for Recruiting Successful Affiliate Partners. One of the most common struggles in the affiliate space is activating affiliates immediately following recruitment and keeping them engaged over time. One metric for affiliate activity is by measuring an action—like sales, leads, etc.—no no surprise there.

Engagement 116

Engagement Sales Recruiting Software Review Communication 116

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2019

Steve has previously said, “Sales and marketing must be one team.” Where does Steve find common points of tension between sales and marketing? I mean, my career started as a software engineer, and out of frustration, I went into sales. There’s a bad review on my profile. What works? Can you remove it?”

DevOps as a Service 100

DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JUNE 26, 2018

Today, everyone working in and around sales and marketing knows that bots are hot, in vogue and quite simply, of the moment. After years of dreaming about what might just be possible, over the past 12-18 months numerous software as a service (SaaS) companies from around the globe have taken their respective bot offerings to market.

Sales Enablement 100

Sales Enablement Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 100