Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Follow the Demand and Hire Accordingly [16:07]. We’re interviewing Chris Degnan, who is the Chief Revenue Officer of Snowflake Computing. Chris was actually the first sales hire at Snowflake. Related article: The SaaS Metrics Blueprint: How to Define, Measure and Display What Actually Matters. Sam’s Corner [41:41].

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

To get more practical, I recently interviewed over 10 SaaS companies and asked them 4 questions: Which platform(s) do you use to run your community? . Your online community may become your first destination for interviewing company representatives, turning those answers into articles, and improving your organic rankings. #2

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

We should probably do an interview together. And if we’re talking to the right profile of person, they’re very interested in doing that interview and doing that case study. If you are trying to overcome no brand and market, you can’t ask somebody for a three year contract. It’s helpful early on.

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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. As an operational leader, he shares his thoughts on the top plays and metrics that led to 100,000 HubSpot customers reaching their first $1B in ARR. Alex Miller , Director of RevOps at Sendoso.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

More and more people are hiring leaders, not for past experience, but for capability and capacity. They have a core philosophy that you cannot have a successful high-growth software company if your core metrics around Customer Success are not strong, including NPS. We hire a third-party firm. They give us NPS goals.

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Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The challenge in each case is the same—the company is hiring you at a lower level of commitment than a full-time hire, usually with the expectation that they will see some ROI relatively quickly. Full-time Head of Marketing I’ve been hired to lead marketing teams at four companies in a full-time capacity now.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times. Tell me, explain how you think about testing this in an interview. Chances are you'll hear some nuance in there.”.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

To get more practical, I recently interviewed over 10 SaaS companies and asked them 4 questions: Which platform(s) do you use to run your community? Your online community may become your first destination for interviewing company representatives, turning those answers into articles, and improving your organic rankings. #2

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. Investors should immediately engage with the CTO to assess their technical capabilities and potential, as great CTOs can demonstrate their exceptional skills quickly. Is it sustainable?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

And we’re constantly aligning the metrics in that business plan back to the technology and understanding which dials we need to turn, which types of implementational product feature functions do we need to use that will directly equate to these types of things. As announced today, that’s a public metric.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

. * How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? * Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? How does Karl structure the hiring process today?

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

When I was a couple of years into my tenure at Oracle, I moved down to Latin America to Argentina, sight unseen actually, and built out a telesales group in Argentina and then later in Miami, hiring about 100 people from 11 different countries and that early building experience really whet my appetite. I came back to North America.

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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? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Sam. We were hired into the same role, same start date, competed head to head. Harry Stebbings. Sam Taylor.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Paul. An incredible company and founder making his foray into the public eye for the first time. So the external one is, the metrics bore out that we have made the right decision here. Is there hiring decisions? Harry Stebbings. Paul Rosania.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Before that Bob co-founded RJ Metrics, where he built a global base of online retailers leading to their acquisition by Magento Commerce in 2016. What were the core mistakes that he made with RJ Metrics? How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Loving our podcast content?

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2025

Why executive compensation should align with key business metrics for better team alignment. 15:53 Driving alignment through northstar metrics and incentives. Pursuit helps companies hire elite go-to-market talent on a non-retainer basis. Driving alignment through northstar metrics and incentives.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. We hire remarkable people, and we give them a lot of freedom for how they’re going to get their work done. Who actually knows stuff and does things?”

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The GTM Podcast The GTM Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Scott Barker, GTMfund Partner, featuring interviews with the top 1% GTM executives, VCs, and founders. Let’s go hire somebody. Okay, now you got to go figure out how to hire and who to hire. I’ll hire the person. I’m not a founder.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

To claim this offer, go to www.superhuman.com/gtmnow The GTM Podcast The GTM Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Scott Barker, GTMfund Partner, featuring interviews with the top 1% GTM executives, VCs, and founders. You are the customer service representative for our CRO, our CTO. What go to market creates for metrics.

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