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Things May Snap Back Fast. So Take Advantage Of This Crazy World Now.

SaaStr

Most tradeshows and events in China are running at their maximum allowed capacity pre-Covid, with the delta being mainly from lack of travel. Do a lot more Business Development and Partnerships. Underperformers found it harder to hide after Covid, and many have already left or moved on. Let’s take a look over in China.

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The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Hiring a VP of Sales with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Hiring a VP of Sales isn’t new, but the conversations have evolved as the world has. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive. Read the Ultimate Guide to Hiring a Great VP of Sales ebook or What Makes a Great VP of Sales and How to Hire One blog post.

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How to Win Big by Serving High-Growth Startups with Zendesk’s Head of Startups

SaaStr

Some things to think about as you craft your offer are: Does it align with your sales motion? You don’t want conflict with the sales team. How do you leverage that offer to develop relationships with partners? Those travel so fast from venture teams straight to founders, boards, and other VC funds.

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A Friendly Reminder to Cost-Cutters: Keep the Company a Great Place to Work for Survivors

Kellblog

As we struggle to hit top-down targets through rounds of cost-cutting, we cut here and squeeze there so much that we can develop a certain myopia. More subtly, have we teed up both failure and internal warfare by overcutting marketing relative to sales ? More simply, do we still have travel budget? Little or no travel budget.

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The Secrets to Building a World-Class, $2.3 Billion Inside Sales Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Hear from Duo Security’s VP of Inside Sales America on how to build a $2.3B sales team. Jennifer Lawrence | VP, Inside Sales @ Duo Security. Today I’m going to start by telling you a little bit about me, a little bit about Duo, and then the secrets to building a killer inside sales org. Good afternoon.

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I See You: How to Elevate Women of Color on Your Sales Team

Sales Hacker

I traveled with them in business class to see clients. Maybe it goes without saying, I never heard them mistake the mail room guy or the security guard for a leadership team member.) Because it is they who continuously top the lists of unseen team members across organizations in the U.S.

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Market Gaps: 10 Ways to Spot Untapped Customer Needs

User Pilot

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies.