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3 Key Steps to Successfully Recruit a VP of Sales with Greenhouse

SaaStr

A strong sales leader is vital to any company hoping to scale. With this in mind, hiring for the Head of Sales role is one of the most important things a business can do. Unfortunately, too many companies focus on the wrong things when hiring their sales leaders, which can lead to hires that aren’t the best fit for the business.

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9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex

SaaStr

Sam Blond, the former CRO at Brex with 15 years in tech sales, took the stage at SaaStr Europa 2024 to share nine easy sales concepts that so many get wrong. Sam got his first job in tech sales as an SDR for Jason Lemkin’s company, EchoSign, which later sold to Adobe and launched his career. They did this right at Brex.

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30+ SaaS CEOs Share The Signs Their First VP of Sales … Just Wasn’t Going to Work Out

SaaStr

What was the first warning sign your VP of Sales wasn't going to work out? A new VP of Sales doesn’t always double sales in 30 days — although it can happen in SMB sales. The old playbook does help, but every great VP of Sales knows they quickly have to evolve it to any new role.

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The Playbook to Recruiting Your Sales Team with Brex Chief Sales Officer Sam Blond (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Nothing matters but recruiting and using your personal network. Sam Blond, CSO at Brex explains why recruiting, networking and employee happiness is the key to this playbook on recruiting your sales team. Sam Blond | Chief Sales Officer @ Brex. I’m doing The Playbook To Recruiting Your Sales Team.

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Hiring Risks vs. Hiring Flags

SaaStr

The best VPs of Sales I’ve hired were Directors of Sales before. Non-traditional educational experience. Maybe once you have a full recruiting team, they can parse some of these. And recruiters all told us we had to settle. Great risks to take IMHE: Been a Director, but never VP. Not ICs, not top reps.

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How to Attract, Hire & Build a Diverse Sales Team with Handshake VP, Employer Partnerships Jessica Peluso (Video)

SaaStr

I really appreciate you coming to talk about how to attract, hire, and build a more diverse sales team in your organization. So I’ve been building top-producing sales teams for a really, really long time. So over the years, I’ve watched many sales leaders go out and say, “Brian’s my top producer.

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Marketing During Coronavirus: 8 Ways SaaS Companies Reacted to the Pandemic

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And we introduce them below: #1 Company: Uneeq , Digital Human Platform UneeQ launched a free COVID-19 health advisor designed to educate and help prevent the spread of misinformation. We interviewed tens of SaaS companies worldwide to understand what special campaigns they launched or how they tried to help people in general.