Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

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. The Apple and Google Play app stores give developers an instant marketplace, a gateway to billions of customers. The talent.

Outsourcing Services 224

Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

I invest across consumer, B2B SaaS companies, and then also dev tools and infrastructure companies as well. It may seem like a simple decision, but there is a lot of complexity in a two-sided marketplace where people are expecting to get paid. The marketplace was doing well. It’s been really fun to be on the investor side.

Scale 156

Scale Marketplace as a Service Sales Recruiting Scaling 156

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we’ve got Luke Rogers, the Vice President of Sales at Instabase. He now leads the sales function at a really promising and high-growing unicorn called Instabase. Learn how modern sales teams with deals, win deals now. We’re on iTunes.

Scale 117

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Review 117

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Although Linda started her career in sales, she has spent the past twelve years scaling post-sales teams and moving hyper-growth companies like Zendesk, Slack, and now Gong upmarket into the enterprise realm. Your first SaaS customer success hire. The Davidson Hang Podcast with Linda Lin.

Scale 177

Scale Customer Success Sales Hiring Strategy 177

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales Stack 2022 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2022: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2021: Sales Tools. Sales W hich challenges would you like sales technology to solve for your sales team? What is sales technology here to do?

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

They didn’t know it at the time, but they had also created an entire business category: an on demand, short-term rental marketplace, which has shot the value of their business north of $38 billion. Over the past four years, the number of Customer Success Managers (CSMs) in the industry has increased 400%. So how can we do more of that?

Scale 112

Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

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?.

Scale 113

Scale Payments Technical Advisors Sales Recruiting 113

yoursales

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2022: Sales Tools. Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

Scale 88

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Outsourced Development 88

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Having a hard time choosing the perfect customer self-service software? This article covers: Key benefits of the self-service method. TL;DR Customer self-service software is any tool that can empower your customers to access help resources and troubleshoot issues independently. You clicked on the right guide.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Software AI Search SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this mega guide, I’ll breakdown 31 different lead generation techniques you can use to supercharge your sales pipeline almost immediately. Two of which are currently sales and marketing. I’m in control of every step of the sales process – from awareness to decision making. Why am I sharing this?

Sales Recruiting 100

Sales Recruiting Sales Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 100

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A sales rep completes their proposal and it’s automatically routed to the right manager for review and approval. Not only is that rep moving on to their next task, the pending approval is queued up exactly where it needs to be for the manager. There’s no code to write, just select the option that pushes the workflow along.

Payments 131

Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 131

OpenView Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

The best companies are tweaking sales systems, adjusting their go-to-market strategy and rediscovering customers’ needs as they evolve. Related: The Recession Planning Framework for SaaS Startups. Pivoting sales to meet buyers. What you do now in sales, marketing, product, etc.—and Everyone needs to find their own way.

Sales Hiring 54

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 54

yoursales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for Professional Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for Professional Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Outsourced Development 52

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Pricing is an incredibly important part of any SaaS product’s go-to-market strategy. I’ve had roles in almost every function from sales to product to customer success. And—like everything else in the fast-moving SaaS world—pricing is not a once-and-done task. Instead, we now pay a finite, fixed fee for mobile service.

Sales Hiring 40

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Technical Review 40

How To Buy Saas

MAY 22, 2022

CRM, on the other side, is in charge of the sales funnel process, including specific emails, lead tracking, project tracking, opportunity monitoring, and funnel reporting. Goal: You may manage client relationships, boost sales rep effectiveness, and increase efficiency with a CRM solution. Why do you need Marketing Automation?

Sales Recruiting 52

Sales Recruiting Marketing Systems Review Software Review 52

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Software as a Service (SaaS) is currently the most practical model of software distribution. It is the model in which a cloud service provider hosts software or application and makes them available for the end-user. The cloud service provider can either be a third party or the software vendor itself. 360Learning.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Sales Recruiting 10

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Well, you have to build a direct sales force. We said, “How important is Giraffe to you in your recruitment process?”

Scale 224

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 224

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

Scale 137

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 137

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Here’s a chance to look back at 4 pre-IPO SaaS leaders today, and how they were doing and what they were thinking in the run up to $10m ARR. Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing.

Sales Hiring 276

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 276

SmartKarrot

APRIL 9, 2021

Staff and manage a 24×7 service desk providing level 1-2 support for Canopy customers. Responsible for keeping current clients satisfied and delivering exceptional client service on a day-to-day basis. Proven ability to recruit a team and successfully manage customer and vendor relationships.

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Consulting 10

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Maria and Anthony present the CEO and CMO playbook of how the CEO and CMO can partner with other members of the team to grow sales and marketing. In this Best of Times in Cloud and Saas, learn the questions to ask to hire the CMO expert and create a strong CEO and CMO partnership. Want to see more content like this? Maria : Agreed.

Scale 292

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 292

Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

I think channel distribution is one of the most promising and untapped acquisition channels for SaaS?—?especially especially for SMB SaaS startups. Today, small and medium SaaS businesses are discovering the power of using partners to help sell their products. Why should I build a partner program for my SaaS business?

Outsourcing Services 131

Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Scale SaaS 131

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

And then, we ripped it out and Aaron went and talked to some of the top SaaS companies from today and added the case studies. Maria is one of the top SaaS leaders in marketing, just finished up the CMO Vanna plan, which IPOed. This is the best of times in SaaS, right? We wrote a book together. Aaron : Yeah. Maria : Yeah.

Sales Hiring 245

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 245

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

Scale 143

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 143

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The litmus test is if you’ve created a marketplace: are people actually building on your product because there’s value that you’ve created, or is it just a nifty integration? The upside of having this big two-sided marketplace and extending your product into tons of different products with an API is quite large. But are they platforms?

Underperforming Technical Team 170

Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Development 170

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

Meagen, sales. Launch it to our customers, launch it to the sales team, launch it to prospects.” What did we need for our sales team from an enablement standpoint and our CSMs? And then of course, sales pipeline and the livelihood of our business. They’re going to build a bunch of things that we need.

Travel 239

Travel Scale Marketing Outsourcing Services 239

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

333: Bridget Gleason is the Head of Sales and Customer Success @ Tidelift, the company providing managed open source, backed by maintainers. Before Tidelift, Bridget was VP of Sales @ Logz.io and before that was VP of Corporate Sales @ Sumo Logic where she drove ARR up by a record 237%.

Sales Hiring 262

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 262

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

On this podcast, we share stories from global SaaS leaders like Ryan, that you can use to inspire new growth strategies in your own business. And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. Corporate learning is really enterprise SaaS. Ryan Austin 15:53 Yeah, we don’t do any service whatsoever.

Payment Solutions 136

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 136

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As part of our last three annual finance and operating benchmarks surveys, we’ve asked nearly 2,000 startup founders and leaders of B2B SaaS businesses this simple question: “What’s keeping you up at night?”. And the primary burden of your product and GTM execution can fall on an effective technical leader and proven sales executive.

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Startup Scale 82

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And there’s more and more bifurcation between the ‘haves’ – the fast growers – and the ‘have nots’ of SaaS than ever before. The new data reveals a similar picture for private SaaS startups. . The game has changed when it comes to recruiting. Today growth appears to be all that matters. Attract great talent.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. Before Hubspot, Ryan was Head of Marketing @ Salesforce (APAC) where he led his team to achieve 227% YoY net-new sales sourced through marketing.

Sales Hiring 143

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 143

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Sales enablement is easy.

Subscription 117

Subscription Payment Features Scale Underperforming Technical Team 117

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

Prior to founding Zylo, Eric was the VP of Sales @ Sprout Social leading the revenue operations for over 11,000 customers. Before Sprout Social he was VP of Sales at Shoutlet, responsible for global direct and channel sales teams and developing and managing strategic relationships. What was the founding moment with Zylo?

Sales Hiring 166

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting 166

ProfitWell

APRIL 15, 2019

Now, the streaming service is available via Roku , as they begin offering additional premium add-on subscriptions. Bullhorn Stacked with Recruiting Automation. Automated messaging system TextUs partners with Bullhorn and Herefish to make the recruiting process less laborious, while still providing a personal 1:1 experience.

Sales Recruiting 45

Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Subscription 45

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

While competitors invested in huge sales teams, Atlassian actually restricted direct customer interaction. By forcing self-service, they inadvertently created stronger customer champions who had to deeply learn the product themselves. This created a natural product-market fit validation system for their marketplace.

Sales Recruiting 211

Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale 211