Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. We’ve got two sponsors, the first is Sapper Consulting.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

As Director of RevOps, he scaled his team at Sendoso by hiring smart generalists to lead their own teams of MOps, SOps, CSOps. Ask him about how to start a Salesforce consultancy.). Eddie Reynolds , CEO, Union Square Consulting. Jacki Leahy , Salesforce Consultant at Eustace Consulting.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Time and time again SaaS companies are promising customers that they will save hundreds of thousands of dollars, but their pricing strategies are only capturing a tiny fraction of that savings. At the enterprise level, discounting SaaS contracts is expected, not optional. Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The first sponsor is Sapper Consulting. Oh, and do all of this with less time. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Hiring managers are also just trying to sell as well.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we interview Simmone Taitt , CEO of HeartSpace Consulting , and a longtime sales leader and consultant in the New York community. How to build diversity into your hiring practices. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s part of everyone’s DNA, and I do recognize that.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

And I think for CSMs that are watching you do have to plot a course to having value either in the product knowledge or domain knowledge or being consultative or whatever. You don’t need to have this 12 month engagement with some consulting firm and all this work. From contract signature to launch.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 16, 2020

Hired CEOs: It’s the Board’s Company vs. It’s My Company to Run. You become a hired CEO primarily through one path — climbing the corporate ladder at a large tech company [5a], reaching the GM or CXO level, and then deciding to branch out. First-time CEOs. Thankfully, most founder/CEOs don’t need to be reminded of that.

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

And this is not just about something you do in a later stage, when you raise that $120,000,000 that PJ from Sherpa had done, but something you can do at the series A stage when you’re doing small hires to build out your team. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. One other thing would be talent pickup.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Companies like Valerian Technology, with a focus on technology consulting and software architect services, play a pivotal role in this ecosystem, driving both innovation and economic prosperity. We continually explore emerging technologies, ensuring our clients, including US based developers and tech consulting firms, are always a step ahead.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 5, 2023

By embracing a partnership with a Fractional CTO, with expertise in technology implementation and data analytics, companies within the hospitality industry can unlock their full potential and propel their business towards success. Book a free consult today.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Yes, I needed to replatform my blog, but I also needed a web presence for my new fractional CTOing entity. In the end, I found a name that I think works well for both (ask me again in 5 years): Crafty CTO / craftycto.com for the entity, with the blog living at CraftyCTO.com/blog.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 30, 2023

Embracing a partnership with a Fractional CTO, who is well-versed in data analytics and technology, enables e-commerce companies to unlock the full potential of their data and propel their business toward sustainable growth. Book a free consult today.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. We chat with Maggie about all things sales – from laying down a solid foundation to hiring the right people and, finally, scaling the team into hyper-growth. Liam Geraghty: Will Larson is the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 13, 2023

By leveraging the knowledge and guidance of a Fractional CTO, healthcare companies can mitigate compliance risks, protect patient data, and ensure the delivery of high-quality healthcare services while maintaining regulatory compliance. Book a free consult today.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

With the guidance of a Fractional CTO, companies can navigate the complexities of cloud computing adoption, develop a comprehensive cloud strategy, and ensure seamless integration into their existing infrastructure. Book a free consult today.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

You’ll probably want to include Contract Labor – R&D for any product-related contractors you work with. If you are a smaller team, I recommend not to categorize your CTO or the Sales Leader in G&A until they have at least a few people in their teams. Don’t forget the payroll’s subaccounts). Finally, add the software account.

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. Take a look at our active job posts.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. All you have to do is create perfectly targeted content, stay informed on email best practices, drive more engagement quarter over quarter, spend less money, oh, and do all of this with less time. Sales enablement is easy. Focus on where you can be great.

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Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The company had for a few years prior followed a growth-first path, hiring aggressively and prioritizing projects designed to make an immediate impact on their growth rate. After the Series A, Buffer fell into a similar trap to Wistia - they hired too quickly, specifically to accelerate product development. The company even took $2.5M

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Jeff Winters, the founder and CEO of Sapper Consulting, one of the top 10 people in the world who can get a dream meeting — a meeting with virtually anybody in the world. Who is Jeff Winters and what is Sapper Consulting? [02:00]. How Sapper Consulting built REGIE [07:20. We’re on iTunes.

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Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Co-founder Marketing Consultant Full-time Head of Marketing Here’s an overview of how the trust building process has differed in each capacity. Marketing Consultant As a marketing consultant , I’ve played roles ranging from strategic advisor to independent contributor to interim head of marketing.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

We were part of the office of the CTO. At that time, Marc Andreessen, the founder was the CTO of the company and there were only three of us in the group. It was pretty easy being an SDR for Marc Andreessen because he’d been on the cover of Time magazine. Sam Jacobs: Did you all use SDRs at Upserve?

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 16, 2022

Business consultants Human resource Consultants Lawyers Accountants. QBRs ensure that companies deliver customer outcomes in a timely manner by encouraging meetings and conversations. These annual executive business meetings are a wonderful time to discuss contracts. The core professionals included into-.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot. He is with Sixteen Ventures, a consulting firm that helps grow SaaS companies. Omer Khan is a business consultant who helps SaaS companies through his company SaaS Club. Dharmesh Shah. Lincoln Murphy. Liz Herbert. Steli Efti.

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SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

But after a stint as a consultant I came out to Stanford back in the late ’90s in the dot-com era. And I thank a lot of that to actually Met Gourniak, who I hired at that time. And even if you haven’t started a company, I remember my CTO for my first company BigMachines was Vic Austin.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? So I was doing environmental consulting. We were hired into the same role, same start date, competed head to head. Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2020

What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. And how do you contract to that?

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Stax

AUGUST 14, 2024

Krahl brings more than 25 years of experience in integrated payments partnerships and sales across verticals such as healthcare, government, and technology companies, including senior level roles with Elavon, TSYS, and at his own successful consulting firm.

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Teamgate

JANUARY 14, 2019

What we are seeing is that often there are companies with 2 co-founders, a CEO and a CTO, and marketing is often left behind. If you have some sort of budget – I’d recommend hiring someone in-house. Like with any startups, at the beginning you will need a strong team including committed generalists.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

Hiring expensive consultants or setting up innovation labs doesn’t fly anymore. Product is now at the C-level: More than 50% of Fortune 100 have a Chief Product Officer (CPO) who no longer reports to the CTO but directly to the CEO. It isn’t the lack of team adoption or poor implementation of new tech. There’s more.

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SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2022

A stock option plan that is too small, without back-up or consultation. Don’t force VCs to find out in due diligence that only 2 percent of the pool, not the customary 15 percent or so, is available for new hires. A charismatic CEO is able to get investor excited, but the CTO, and/or the rest of the team is just weak.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

I’m not going to claim to be the founder of Levelset, but that founding team, CTO, VP of customer experience, chief legal, our CFO, who kind of came later, but like that group, everyone stayed with the organization in executive roles the whole time. Let’s go hire somebody. I’ll hire the person.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Karim Atiyeh, CTO & Co-Founder @ Ramp.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2021

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Amy Pisano, CRO @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early sales hires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep? 31:55 Hiring for grit, curiosity & determination. What does Joe look like at that time?

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