SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

Part-Time VPE 299

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 299

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. You’re not building a product or getting any new customers. Q: When is the Right Time to Hire a VP of Sales?

Scale 290

Scale Sales Hiring AI Sales Recruiting 290

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. Christina Fonseca | Venture Partner @ Indico Partners. It’s taking the bets that will take longer to prove just because it’s new.

New CTO 166

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 166

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you missed episode 130, check it out here: Turning Junior-level Talent into Top Sales Professionals with Eddie Baez. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound inbound, and even follow-up sales campaigns faster. We’re on iTunes.

Marketplace as a Service 102

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 102

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

394: Where is Venture Capital today? Sunil Dhaliwal: I was at one of the biggest firms around and I think we had a $200 million fund and people were like, I can’t believe we’re running $200 million in venture capital. If I get picked, do I want the more experienced partner, the new partner?

Sales Recruiting 200

Sales Recruiting Development Team Review Technical Review Sales Hiring 200

OPEXEngine

JUNE 16, 2020

This all relates to a core Kellblog theme of ownership — who owns what — that I’ve explored in some of my most popular posts: What It Really Means to be a Manager, Director, or VP , which touches on the real differences between people operating at different levels. Whose Team is it Anyway? Nothing can take that away.

Sales Hiring 59

Sales Hiring CTO Hire Venture Capital Technical Advisors 59

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. We burned through $23 million in venture capital and only had 1 million in revenue to show for it. And I think most of your teams, you need sales engineers, you need founders. ” We had to do that three times.

Sales Recruiting 218

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 218