Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

Before we get into our 2017 recap and 2018 road map, I wanted to provide some quick background on how Sales Hacker came to be. How It All Began: The Story of Sales Hacker. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since we threw our first Sales Hacker Conference in September of 2013. 2014: Full Time on Sales Hacker.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

Anu: March of 2017. And can you talk a little bit about touching on the hiring point, because you did say that you focused a lot on talent, and recruiting. And coming from Brazil without a big network in Silicon Valley, un-launched, without a website, it was actually really hard to recruit the first ten people. Henrique: Yeah.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Then, lots of other functions like product management and engineering, which can sit close to those disciplines. Analytics, biz ops, marketing, sales, customer support, recruiting, finance, HR, I can keep going. So for example, if you had a leadership team that had a sales background, sales might have more influence than others.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 7, 2015

When a potential customer enters the consideration phase of the buyer journey, the marketing team transitions the lead to his sales account executive, who educates the customer from the consideration stage through purchase. In higher price point sales, sales picks up the customer after the customer indicates an intent to purchase.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

At Sales Hacker, our Community Leaders help build relationships with our members. Add them to your network and give them a warm welcome, because you’ll be seeing them all over Sales Hacker in the coming months! WHY SALES HACKER? Sales Hacker provides a network of sales professionals dedicated to helping others in similar roles.

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SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

And the reality is most of them don’t, most of our customers and prospects don’t trust us, especially those of us in sales. And as an entrepreneur, I do consider myself in sales and I believe sales is a noble profession. ” I think the same shift is happening in recruiting. The situation is getting worse.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 7, 2015

In every sales process for every SaaS startup, there is one ultimate internal champion advocating the purchasing decision. Software companies targeting Human Resources and Sales teams are in aggregate each worth about $50B. Salesforce Sales 92%. Nevertheless, the majority of the revenue remains from sales teams.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

As SaaStr Europa 2022 drew to a close, attendees took one more opportunity to ask Jason questions about topics like how to navigate the current market, the future of work, playing in a crowded space, and hiring your first VP of Sales. It was funny for Henry to say he segmented his sales team at 80 million in ARR. Transcript.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 4, 2018

This was the basis for my talk on the 2017 Inside Intercom world tour. Below you can watch me deliver that talk in London’s Roundhouse, or read on for a written account. The term “product-first” is implicitly set up in contrast to what came before, which were mostly sales-driven companies. Everyone uses it.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript). Gaetan Gachet | SVP of Sales @Algolia. It’s an honor to be here with this mythical creature, this sales leader that goes from zero to 50 million in the same job. He has a whole French sales team and office that only speaks English in Paris.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Customer acquisition is basically how much do you spend in terms of sales people, sales team, and in terms of marketing to acquire a new customer. The key here is knowing what your sales model is. And there are basically two sales models out there. Kind of extreme sales models out there for SaaS businesses.

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yoursales

JANUARY 9, 2017

SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS. A s a supplier for outsourced sales for SaaS businesses the sales stack is increasingly important. Last year we started listing and classifying the software tools in the sales stack. Then click here!

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales Stack 2022 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2022: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2021: Sales Tools. Sales W hich challenges would you like sales technology to solve for your sales team? What is sales technology here to do?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 4, 2018

This was the basis for my talk on the 2017 Inside Intercom world tour. Below you can watch me deliver that talk in London’s Roundhouse, or read on for a written account. The term “product-first” is implicitly set up in contrast to what came before, which were mostly sales-driven companies. Everyone uses it.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The sales enablement industry has taken tremendous strides in recent years, but by most measures, it's still a relatively immature function. To fill this "best practices void" and play my part in elevating the role of sales enablement I often take ideas from other fields and apply them to my work at HubSpot.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2022: Sales Tools. Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Sales Stack 2021. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS. Sales technology for professional sales will be more important than ever. In 2020 almost every single Sales Professional was forced inside. Same goes for Sales Professionals.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Sales Stack 2020. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS. W elcome to "Sales Stack 2020 - Sales Tools for Professional Sales". Next to that we'll continue to have the full list of sales tools available right here.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

SALES STACK 2020. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS. W elcome to "Sales Stack 2020 - Sales Tools for Professional Sales". Next to that we'll continue to have the full list of sales tools available right here.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

SALES STACK 2019 SALES TOOLS FOR. PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. And of course, a strong sales comp plan needs to motivate reps to hit goals that grow the company while still maintaining a profit margin. The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Know what to Include in a Sales Incentive Plan. Keep it Simple.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever wondered how to become a VP of Sales? By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. How can you become a VP of Sales? So how did I do it?

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

In 2017, Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad were all beginning to break out. Then we needed to hire a sales guy who had experience selling to enterprise. We got the guy who ran enterprise sales at Rackspace. UberConference started as this freemium, kind of funnel builder for later sales product. Get best price tickets here!!!

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

And so again we would just have added to more kind of friction in the sales cycle and there was a whole video long sales cycle. We opened a small sales office in Wework. Sales our marketing for Europe is mostly in London where we have about 35. So that’s how I’m rationalizing it now. Felix : Yes.

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Valuize Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the subscription economy, there’s no debate about whether or not to invest in Customer Success (CS); 70% of rapidly growing businesses say that Customer Success is extremely important ( Hubspot , 2017). Is it going to come from the Sales and Marketing budget, or General Administrative budget? leverage Training & Development.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 17, 2018

Big announcement out of the Sales Hacker camp today. I’d dropped a note about a very exciting launch from Sales Hacker on our yearly recap and roadmap post last quarter. I’m thrilled to announce that the Sales Hacker Podcast is now live! Everything You Need To Know About the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

Sofia Varga, Director of Recruiting. Alan Alda, Manager of Recruitment Marketing. Linda Hale, HR Manager (East). Eli Whitney, HR Manager (Central). Jennifer Cartwright, HR Manager (West). Here are a few examples keeping with our recruiting example: . Executive Sponsor: . Primary Contact(s): .

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we interview Meghan Gill , VP of Sales Operations at MongoDB. . Meghan has been at Mongo almost 9 years and was the first non-technical hire at the company, helping them scale past an IPO in 2017 and transitioning from an early career in Marketing into Sales Operations. .

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Sales Hacker

JULY 24, 2019

It’s a problem in sales too. According to the 2019 State of Sales Performance survey , 73% of teams polled said that less than half of their team were women. Companies and sales teams are missing out on the benefits that diversity brings. Women Sales Pros. Women in Sales. Utah Women in Sales. Gals and SALS.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

TaskRabbit I ran for almost a decade, and then we sold it to Ikea, the global furniture brand in 2017, and so now I spend my full-time job as an investor looking at early stage tech companies. These are sales goals. We want to increase sales by 20% this quarter and just do whatever it takes to win. That’s me.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

At the start of 2017, we decided we were going to swing the other way and actually have small projects again. In 2017, back to small things. When I joined Intercom, we had no marketing team and no sales team. We had halved our efficiency. There were big projects in there too, but it didn’t necessarily feel good.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this mega guide, I’ll breakdown 31 different lead generation techniques you can use to supercharge your sales pipeline almost immediately. Two of which are currently sales and marketing. I’m in control of every step of the sales process – from awareness to decision making. Why am I sharing this?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you missed episode 130, check it out here: Turning Junior-level Talent into Top Sales Professionals with Eddie Baez. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound inbound, and even follow-up sales campaigns faster. We’re on iTunes.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

million round of financing led by Grotech Ventures in 2017. Other signs of explosive growth potential at this early stage are a highly efficient sales motion, though this is most often still a work in progress at this stage. Interest from channel partners and sales via channel partners can be another meaningful indicator. .

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yoursales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for Professional Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for Professional Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

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Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Employee Experience (EX) is the journey an employee takes with your organization and is the sum of all employee-employer interactions throughout that employee lifecycle, from pre-recruitment to post-exit. times faster revenue growth ( Sale s force , 2020). In fact, companies that prioritized Employee Experience achieved 1.8

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Sales enablement is easy.

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