SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

There’s a time and a place for it, but a startup, the lifeblood, is getting s**t done. I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. Spencer : For me, the key things for a VP of sales is, “OK, tell me about your best reps. We are all builders. Talk is cheap.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. Best in class Late-stage Startups (e.g.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

As a tiny startup who might be commercializing its first product, are there any general guidelines that you can stick to that would prevent the massive companies out there from crushing the baby? One, at every large company, there is an innovation budget. There’s an innovation budget in the CIO’s budget.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. Then, the sales team went to work. In his opinion, the hiring process is a preview of their sales technique.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2023

The first goal of sales at a startup isn’t to bring in revenue — it’s to get customer feedback. I’ve spent the last year working to find product-market fit for my startup, Dock. I’ve used our sales process to iterate our way to product market-fit and wanted to share what I’ve learned along the way.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 13, 2014

I’ll never forget the first time I met Paul Graham in that very same room right after the first Startup School. Nor the management class on having difficult conversations with colleagues, among countless others. This fast-paced knowledge sharing is a key part of what makes Silicon Valley such a hotbed of innovation.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The company’s best-selling book, Predictable Revenue , details the hugely successful outbound process and sales created specifically for Salesforce. Afterward, he delved into education management by creating his own business, Mestreduca, a platform targeted at educational institutions. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The challenges and rewards of founding and growing a startup for nine years. 15:41) Scaling Twitter’s ad business and managing hyper-growth. (26:54) 26:54) The existential dread of being a startup founder. (37:56) 45:40) Debunking the myth of sacrificing personal life for startup success. (49:07) Youre not alone.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2018

First, most founders don’t have a background in either sales or marketing, and even though they’re told to “ start marketing the day you start coding ”, they just don’t know where to begin, or they’re incredibly overconfident. Many startups build something for themselves only to discover that other people want it. Understand it.

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FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2021

You could join a scrappy startup or be employed by a massive tech company. Many studies have shown that superior innovation is achieved by having diverse teams where people can challenge each other and bring new perspectives. You were hired because that manager and team believe you are the right person for the job.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 19, 2022

Celine, who transitioned from agency sales to SaaS, is the Vice President of Boardable. Join us for a great conversation about transitioning in sales and technology selling. Sometimes you have to take one step back to go two steps forward in sales. Sales is all about building internal relationships. powered by Sounder.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2021

In this episode, Kyle Racki , co-founder and CEO of Proposify, talks about how his upbringing helped his sales career, the journey from being a freelancer to a founder, and how to create and maintain a competitive advantage. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Solving the innovator’s dilemma [18:31]. powered by Sounder.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A big part of why we are seeing this growth is that our customers have found that when they use Intercom to engage their website visitors, conversion rates and sales increase by more than 80%! We are laser focused on driving breakthrough innovations which help our customers grow their businesses efficiently. Be you at Intercom.

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Mucker Capital

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In this Mucker Growth session, Rosabel Tao from Fire & Bridge delves into the critical field of startup positioning strategy and its crucial role in shaping enduring brands. The precision and authenticity of your positioning define your startup's identity and resonance. What is positioning? How do we develop positioning?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

Before we get into our 2017 recap and 2018 road map, I wanted to provide some quick background on how Sales Hacker came to be. How It All Began: The Story of Sales Hacker. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since we threw our first Sales Hacker Conference in September of 2013. 2014: Full Time on Sales Hacker.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 25, 2020

This is even more relevant for early stage startups who can dish out some equity to potential hires so that they can actively poach top talent from other companies. When accounting for hiring the best talent, the cost of building an in house team quickly adds up. Some products and markets can be better executed with an in house team.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

He brought up a very interesting topic that many GTM leaders / founders face as a challenge when scaling a startup; highlighting the 3 stages of executive hires as you scale and what to look out for qualitatively. Because Innovation inevitably (but not exclusively) goes down as you scale. Doers with a ton of hunger and drive.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

Do you love chasing down the sale? What about using data analysis to create sales strategies? Revenue operations (RevOps) is a centralized org within a company that supports all revenue-generating business operations including Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, Customer Success Ops, and systems management. Unified data problems.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. And at the risk of giving you a full Stripe sales pitch, don’t worry, that’s in my other talk. Know your forever user.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. Unleash is the ultimate Sales Engagement conference. TOPO Sales Summit. Go ahead and add these to your calendar now.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

When Sherrell Dorsey started the digital news and insights platform The Plug , she knew she wanted it to be seen as the leading voice in the Black innovation economy—and she wanted her voice to be in the mix as well. This is especially true when your individual thought leadership aligns closely with the mission of your company.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

??. In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Gianna Scorsone , GM/Head of North America at Aircall , where she lives out her dream to scale the channel program and to empower diverse employees and leaders. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Gianna’s origin story in sales [4:50]. powered by Sounder.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever wondered how to become a VP of Sales? By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. How can you become a VP of Sales? So how did I do it?

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters. Product Marketing Manager: This person is tasked with developing product marketing campaigns , crafting compelling marketing messages, and coming up with ideas to retain customers. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

This is episode six of Scale , a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up. Why do most startups fail? No, 42% of startups fail because they didn’t solve a market need. Though he had experience in recruiting, sales and product, marketing was new ground for him. Focus on people, not just product.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. If you missed episode 153, check it out here: Learning Drives Sales Effectiveness with Paul Fifield?.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 24, 2019

It’s a problem in sales too. According to the 2019 State of Sales Performance survey , 73% of teams polled said that less than half of their team were women. Companies and sales teams are missing out on the benefits that diversity brings. Companies and sales teams are missing out on the benefits that diversity brings.

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Faced with one of the hottest recruiting markets in recent memory, many newly remote tech companies have dramatically expanded their hiring borders. Prioritize building out your product team over bringing on sales and marketing hires. At the end of the day, the best sales and marketing is still an exceptional product.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

And we were about a $50 million sales run rate, but I’d never done a media interview. I don’t think we thought we were going to do a startup. For the first 10 years when we didn’t do one media interview and we got to 50 million in sales. Jason Lemkin: Oh, I see. Ryan Smith: No. Jason Lemkin: Yeah.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

While it includes your revenue model(s) and thus revenue stream(s), it also includes everything else from marketing to developing, recruiting, and operations. Instead of earning money directly from the people viewing your content, you use affiliate links to drive sales elsewhere.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2022

I’d previously worked as an engineer with Squad , an Indian startup. Coming to Intercom, I was keen to have an impact straight away, and see real results from my input – my time at a startup meant that I was used to working quickly and effectively. The company had passed its initial startup phase and was (and still is!)

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

How the AI wave could impact the B2B software industry in the next decade Last year I explained in a video, embedded below, that I believed the B2B software industry was entering a new stage: the SaaS wave was now in its deployment phase, and at the same time, the next big innovation wave, driven by AI, was in its installation phase.

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

MARCH 6, 2019

Build a Growth Team For Your Startup?—?Step Since it doesn’t work like this, if you have a brilliant idea, then over time, you will be able to build a successful startup. Do you want to build a team that won’t sink your startup? How vital a growth team for the startup? Want to put that business from scratch to the sky?

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User Pilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Interested in sales enablement manager roles? In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of sales enablement manager roles through detailed job descriptions and handy templates. The specific requirements for this role will vary depending on the company size, industry, and sales methodology used.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. I think from my perspective, because the cost of creating a startup is so much lower today than it used to be, so $5 million in the 90s to $500K early 2000s.

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User Pilot

JUNE 19, 2024

For instance, a startup might be looking to build a one-person CX team and will, therefore, prefer a multi-tasker. Embrace continuous learning – As a CX specialist, you must stay curious about industry trends, consumer behavior patterns , and tech innovations. Looking into tools for customer experience specialists?

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