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The Startup Sectors Most Impacted by the Coronavirus

Tom Tunguz

If we tally the reductions by category, travel, retail, fitness, real estate, transportation, and recruiting constitute the top 6 categories. ClassPass, one of the fitness startups to reduce headcount, reported a 95% drop in sales in 10 days. Aside from recruiting, these are all consumer discretionary spend categories.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Samsara at $500,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

694 folks in sales at $500m in ARR — just under half of the total 1,490 total employees, to sell $5k-$100k+ deals. Growing beyond its initial market for fleets of vehicles in Transportation has been key to growth. Samsara chose to focus almost entirely on the U.S. until recrntly, with 7.8% of revenue outside the U.S.

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Ultimate Guide to Surcharges: What is a Surcharge and How Does It Work

Stax

Common in transportation and logistics, fuel surcharges adjust for fluctuations in fuel prices. Companies, particularly those in the healthcare, transportation, and food industries, levy surcharges to meet these compliance standards. Fuel surcharge. Regulatory surcharge. Minimum usage surcharge.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

In Seoul, South Korea, the Seoul Bus Transport Association introduced the UPass, a contactless payment card that commuters could tap on as they entered the bus. Beyond retailers and accepting payments, NFC is used for public transport, access control systems, smart advertising, data exchange between devices, and interactive gaming.

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The Best Tools for Sales

yoursales

Best Tools for Sales. This post is a response to the question “What are the best sales tools for inside sales?” In later work work we’ve gone to great lengths to list many of the sales tools out there. This post serves to share the best of the best sales tools for our sales process.

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The sales ops tech stack

InsightSquared

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. As a strategic member of the sales team, ops plays a critical role in owning the sales tech stack. It’s important to be involved in every step of the process so you can effectively manage your organization’s sales technology.

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The sales ops tech stack (Part 1)

InsightSquared

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. As a strategic member of the sales team, ops plays a critical role in owning the sales tech stack. It’s important to be involved in every step of the process so you can effectively manage your organization’s sales technology.

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