Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Customer > Team > Individual During my time at HubSpot, the leadership team shared this mental model to help with decision-making. Innovation 14.

Underperforming Technical Team 213

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. Both offered consumers a ton of convenience through their service. Grocery delivery immediately became an “essential service” and all digital grocery players in the U.S. billion to $20.7

Marketplace as a Service 140

Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale Construction 140

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Building a consumer marketplace to drive incremental ticket sales to event creators. Julia, our CEO, had told me she wanted me to focus on growing the self-service business faster. So I gathered as much information as I could about these different strategic initiatives, as well as digging into the core self-service business.

Technical Advisors 140

Technical Advisors Technical Review Scale Marketplace as a Service 140

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

The SaaS Trust Crisis is making it harder to market and sell software and services than ever before. And today, I’m very excited to be the co-founder and CEO of G2 where we’re building the world’s leading marketplace for SaaS software. The situation is getting worse. Godard Abel | Co-Founder and CEO @ G2.

Software Review 254

Software Review Scale Technical Review SaaS 254

ChurnZero

MAY 17, 2022

WASHINGTON , May 17, 2022 — ChurnZero , a leading Customer Success platform, has earned multiple accolades from business and SaaS industry groups for its product innovation and industry leadership. ChurnZero has quickly become one of Washington, D.C.’s

Marketplace as a Service 98

Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Headcount Software Review 98

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

The other big lesson I learned is when you’re engaging and inspiring a team and creating these big, hairy, audacious goals, you also want to be able to tap into that entrepreneurial spirit, particularly when you’re innovating. The marketplace was doing well. You’re creating something that no one has ever done before.

Scale 154

Scale Marketplace as a Service Sales Recruiting Scaling 154

FastSpring

DECEMBER 19, 2019

What is most exciting to me about this milestone is that it enables us to reinvest in innovation to further our customers’ success. This is why we’re committed to continually develop new and innovative tools that help software companies successfully transition to a subscription-based business model. We Evolved Our Brand.

Technical Review 92

Technical Review Software Review Marketplace as a Service Innovation 92

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

NP Digital is a performance marketing agency built by marketers, and our global offices allow us to deliver our specialized services to clients worldwide. Below, we’ll explain how each of our agencies works, the services they provide, and what to expect from each of them in the future. Team and Leadership at NP Digital.

VP of Engineering 126

VP of Engineering Marketing Marketplace as a Service Social Media 126

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

In a company’s early days as a lean, mean, business machine, it’s fairly easy for leadership to stay in sync with their users. As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close. Kaitlin: You’re the General Manager HubSpot’s Service Hub.

Scale 188

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 188

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

A great customer success team will help you to better understand your customer’s needs, identify what “success” means to them, and in turn, help your customers realize the value of your services, creating a more successful outcome for both their team and yours. Since then, you’ve spent over 12 years in post-sales leadership.

Scale 177

Scale Customer Success Sales Hiring Strategy 177

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

In a recent Revenue Innovators episode , we chatted with Frank about why sales poses such a challenge for academics; the challenges revenue leaders face in a world where continuous change is the norm, and how those challenges have shifted in the past decade. Success in sales leadership looks a bit different.

Technical Review 112

Technical Review Sales Marketplace as a Service Banking 112

ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

Our recent Customer Success Leadership Study showed that 61% of respondents reported a Vice President and above as being the highest leader in their Customer Success organization in 2021 – an increase of 7% from the previous year. She understands customer service and puts customers first every single day. Cloudera and Hortonworks, Inc.

VP of Engineering 98

VP of Engineering Customer Success Outsourcing Services Technical Review 98

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Welcomed Key Executive Hires to the Leadership Team. We’re excited to grow our hardworking leadership team to help us take FastSpring to the next level. We take great pride in delivering the best ecommerce platform that helps software businesses succeed in the global marketplace. Introduced the FastSpring Plugin for WordPress.

Marketplace as a Service 90

Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring Scale Leadership 90

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

There’s more of a habit, whereas the drivers are always comparing their earnings with Uber to other opportunities like picking up a part-time job within the services industry. A transactional marketplace like Uber, where riders can actually use it every day for commuting, is very nice. There is definitely an innovation in that space.

Outsourcing Services 215

Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring CTO Hire Acquisition 215

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Building Thought Leadership While other social channels are typically reserved for building your company’s brand, LinkedIn provides a unique opportunity for you to grow a personal following—that can, in turn, support your brand’s recognition. It won't take much time and it can go a long way!

Sales Recruiting 101

Sales Recruiting Social Media Business Marketplace as a Service 101

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

We chatted about the company’s evolution from RealtimeBoard, a tool beloved by the UX community, to Miro – a rapidly growing SaaS innovator that boasts Dell, Netflix, Ikea, and Spotify amongst their steadily growing roster of clients. Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends.

Consulting 249

Consulting Marketplace as a Service Scale Development 249

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

My classmates moved back into their childhood bedrooms, fought for part-time jobs in retail and food service. VP of Global Innovation at Outreach. Be innovative.”. Adjust your pitch to meet the tone of the marketplace. In May 2008, I graduated college — with 1.56 million of my peers — directly into the 2008 recession.

Sales Hiring 107

Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Payment Services Banking 107

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

The director of customer success brings her Salesforce report to a cross-functional meeting with sales and marketing leadership. I turned to sales for a technical recruiting agency and project management services. To prepare for this role, focus on developing your leadership capabilities and soft skills.

Scale 117

Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Review Technical Advisors 117

User Pilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Product teams need to have a combination of hard and soft skills to succeed: technical knowledge , communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and empathy. Product management is a discipline valued by the world’s most successful and innovative tech companies. Leadership skills. Why is product management important?

Management 105

Management Marketplace as a Service Interviewing Product Marketing 105

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2019

I’m excited to be joined today by Intercom’s own Jonathon Colman, a senior designer who came to us by way of the Nature Conservancy, REI and five and a half years at Facebook, where he most recently worked as a UX Content Strategy Lead for Marketplace. That helps everyone innovate, especially when they share them out. Jon: Precisely.

User Experience 209

User Experience Strategy Engineering Communication 209

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. We have relationships with the biggest CRM companies: Oracle CX, SAP CRM, Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce (95% of our marketplace). It was relatively new to that marketplace at the time.

Scale 113

Scale Payments Technical Advisors Sales Recruiting 113

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Significance of the Blue Ocean Strategy In an increasingly crowded marketplace, the blue ocean strategy offers companies the opportunity to break out of hypercompetitive red oceans. With globalization and advancing technology, products and services are becoming commoditized faster than ever.

Strategy 90

Strategy Technical Review Business Innovation 90

ChurnZero

MAY 17, 2022

WASHINGTON , May 17, 2022 — ChurnZero , a leading Customer Success platform, has earned multiple accolades from business and SaaS industry groups for its product innovation and industry leadership. ChurnZero has quickly become one of Washington, D.C.’s

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Headcount Software Review 52

BetterCloud

MAY 25, 2023

The rapid growth of SaaS adoption, expansion of the SaaS marketplace, need for cost optimization and efficiency, lack of visibility and governance, security and compliance concerns, and an increasing business focus on ROI and value optimization are all driving the increased importance of managing SaaS expenditure.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Management SaaS 52

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

There are Customer Success leaders out there who are always looking at things a little differently, who are ahead of the curve and who are continually learning and pushing innovation. In this role, he leads all aspects of Ellucain’s global Customer Success, Professional Services, and Technology Management organization.

VP of Engineering 53

VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale Marketplace as a Service 53

Totango

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Amid the constant changes from the COVID-19 pandemic last year, our customers changed the game in their own industries, adapting to the unknown with resilience and innovation by transforming their customer interactions at unprecedented speed.

Customer Success 62

Customer Success Scale Marketplace as a Service Technical Review 62

Point Nine Land

JUNE 29, 2021

NexHealth is a patient experience management platform that helps doctors get more appointments, retain patients, and offer a better service by digitizing everything from booking and reminders to forms and billing. Our dental SaaS product is the wedge to our entire strategy to accelerate healthcare innovation.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Development Team Review Systems Review Marketing 52

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business. ZeroBounce - Award-Winning Email Validation Service. CRMGamified - The most innovative gamification solution for Sales teams. Performance Management.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

For those of you who did not clap, Stripe is a set of developer APIs that help businesses accept payments online and do all sorts of innovative things in moving money in the cloud. So it’s API first, even for our own services that are being consumed in new products that we are building. I have been at Stripe for about four years.

Payments 129

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 129

SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 52

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

These companies have figured out a new paradigm: They are using scale to generate the benefits of leadership economics for their customers and they are combining an insurgent mission with technology to better understand (and deliver) what individual customers want. Ditto for leaders like Apple, Vanguard and Salesforce. Scale and intimacy.

Scale 40

Scale Scaling Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 40

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The first and only engagement and intelligence platform built by revenue innovators for revenue innovators. That’s differentiated us in the marketplace. My next position was of service or a beverage director. First, we’re going to hear from our sponsors. The future of restaurants and new technology [9:48].

Technical Review 57

Technical Review Sales Hiring Scale Marketplace as a Service 57

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Significance of the Blue Ocean Strategy In an increasingly crowded marketplace, the blue ocean strategy offers companies the opportunity to break out of hypercompetitive red oceans. With globalization and advancing technology, products and services are becoming commoditized faster than ever.

Strategy 52

Strategy Technical Review Business Innovation 52

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Businesses charge a customer every month or year for use of a product or service. Markup is particularly used by mediators like ecommerce marketplaces — Amazon, for example. Licensing involves renting goods or services to other businesses. The seller retains full control of copyright on the product or service used by the buyer.

Payments 40

Payments Revenue Payment Methods SaaS Payments 40

SmartKarrot

MAY 30, 2022

Provide thought leadership to shape CSM group at the business, regional and global level. Work closely across the Intelligence Services team and with adjacent teams — Onboarding, Training, Support, Operations — to construct and scale solutions that nurture the relationships with clients.

Customer Success 3

Customer Success Marketplace as a Service Consulting Scale 3

SmartKarrot

MAY 9, 2022

Without a culture of innovation, it will be hard to beat the competition. Read on to learn how to create a culture of innovation at your company. How to Create an Innovative Culture? And while it is certainly helpful to have a solid financial foundation , innovation is an equally important part of a thriving business.

Innovation 10

Innovation Scale Marketplace as a Service Customer Success 10

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As a core leadership group working for a SaaS-based product company, running an effective customer experience team meeting is imperative. Such a core leadership group can help in meeting the priorities, setting the resources and accountabilities that help move the CX forward. And, it is especially important for a SaaS-based company.

Underperforming Technical Team 10

Underperforming Technical Team Government Leadership Marketplace as a Service 10