User Pilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

TL;DR A product manager leads the product management team and is responsible for overseeing all stages of the product development process. They earn more than developers, astronauts, and even attorneys, but less than surgeons. The Director of Product is accountable for multiple product lines and manages product management teams.

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VP of Engineering Management Underperforming Technical Team Compensation 105

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. David, you talked a bit about the team and the founders. David Schmaier: Sure. Matt Garratt: Thank you.

Payment Solutions 215

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 215

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For the fifth year running, we’ve recognized five customer success teams who achieved remarkable results in one of five categoriesonboarding, adoption, renewals and expansion, advocacy, and innovation. The Ollie team reimagined the process, using ChurnZero to structure and systemize their onboarding and keep customers on track.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Historically, growth of a sales team was based on the revenue starting with $0M on day 1 of the year. However, in a SaaS model , the customer acquisition team can grow revenue to $1M in year 1. If the same team keeps performing at the same growth it will achieve $2M in year 2 – whilst the renewals come in at 100%.

Scale 101

Scale Growth Hacking Scaling Sales Hiring 101

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

374: ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. If you think of this from a market size standpoint, there’s often this debate, is that good or bad?

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Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 232

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

When shelter in place started, the conversation we’ve had internally on our team is we have to think of ourselves as Navy SEALs, where we’re at base camp right now, and we’re going to train and we’re going to work on our playbooks and do our research. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit.

Investment 210

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 210

Outseta

MAY 8, 2020

What I’m hoping this post provides is an objective look at the world of technology start-ups—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Before I lived it, I thought of the tech world as being very business oriented—a place owned by analytical types and developers writing rigid blocks of code that looked like gibberish to me.

Part-Time VPE 102

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 102

Scytale

JANUARY 31, 2024

Type of SOC 2 Report Initiating the SOC 2 project requires a comprehensive understanding from the project team, management, and leadership regarding the type of SOC 2 report they want to pursue. Develop a robust incident response plan to address and mitigate any identified security issues promptly.

compliance 52

compliance SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Healthcare 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.

Scale 137

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 137

SmartKarrot

MAY 11, 2023

Since conversation intelligence records and tracks every call that comes through, these tracking numbers can be raised to 100% and identify weak aspects of business calls that might have been missed by human analysts. E-commerce Conversational intelligence platforms can help e-commerce businesses provide top-notch customer service to users.

Artificial Intelligence 10

Artificial Intelligence Azure Sales Hiring Machine Learning 10

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Wooden on Leadership. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Selling to Big Companies. The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. B2B Is Really P2P.

Scale 143

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 143

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, before YesWare, she was VP of Sales @ Engine Yard, where she tripled monthly recurring revenue, over the course of her 3+ year tenure, in 3 key leadership roles. Where do most teams go wrong in implementing the role out of their CS strategy? Does Bridget believe CS teams should be involved in the upsell process?

Sales Hiring 260

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 260

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There I transitioned into sales leadership. Manager of Enterprise Account Development at Lucidchart. Building out a new enterprise development team, and scaling it from 3 to 14 reps over a one-year period. . I want to lead and inspire larger teams while being a successful mother. . Andrea Johnson. Ang McManamon.

Sales Recruiting 99

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 99

SaaStr

MAY 7, 2019

The most recent one was Collective Health and at Collective Health I saw this unmet need in the mental health space, so I ended up leaving to start Modern Health to make it more accessible for people to get access to mental healthcare. Not everyone is comfortable telling the CEO, “You are bad at, you’re a bad public speaker.

Scale 120

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 120

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Vikas’ Journey from Sales Engineer to Managing a BD Team (22:20). Vikas’ background is sales engineering as a path into sales and revenue leadership. He leads Kustomer’s sales and customer experience departments, overseeing sales, business development, implementation, customer success, and support. Sam’s Corner (43:33).

Sales Hiring 60

Sales Hiring Startup Sales Recruiting Scale 60

SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

Manage Team Expectations – Balance transparency with the need to keep the team focused on building the business. Different buyers value different aspects of your business – some want your technology, others your team or customer base. Leadership changes can kill deals instantly.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Sales Hiring 208