SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2021

We’ve through a quiet revolution in sales processes now, where a combination of specialization, technology, and segmentation are making the next generation of SaaS founders far better at figuring out and scaling sales than I or my peers ever were a generation ago in SaaS. Like, a full team. 8 outbound SDRs.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2022

Scaling your sales team can be one of the hardest things to do in SaaS. When do you hire for outbound? What’s the best way to help your sales team navigate today’s changing markets and changing priorities? And what’s the right time to fill crucial sales leadership roles? So now what?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2021

Let me suggest some ideas: Add an Outbound Sales Team if You Don’t Have One. But let me tell you, if your ACV is high enough, outbound can work. Hire a Head of Professional Services and charge for Pro Services. Hire a seasoned VP of Customer Success. I know in-bound is all the rage. A bit more here.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 25, 2019

My cost-conscious lens (plus our proven outbound sales program) has served my company, Leadium, well. I am passionate about helping small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) accelerate their growth with outbound sales. The SMB Decision: In-House vs. Outsourced Sales Development. Salary and benefits costs.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 9, 2021

and we’ll have tons of leaders in sales, marketing, and product. Customer Success, Sales Ops, VP Product, European Founders). All-in, we have room for about 350+ speakers and 1,000 mentors spread across our 2021 events. But you can propose a panel instead with leaders later than that stage, which you can lead. 1:1 interviews (Ex.:

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 8, 2021

B2B sales involves one business selling its product to another business. Those with experience in both B2B and B2C sales know that B2B is a lot tougher—the deals are bigger, there’s often more than one decision-maker, and the competition is intense. For all those reasons, hiring and management must be on point.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Startup founders are seeing hiring become their day jobs . In 2021, 42% of founders were kept up at night by concerns about hiring the best talent. Despite the shift to remote work, the great resignation, and the insane amount of hiring that is occurring, it still surprised us to see hiring becoming such a focus.

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Chart Mogul

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

When and how to launch sales and marketing is a tough topic for most startup founders. But sales and marketing are the backbone of every successful go-to-market (GTM) strategy, and getting them right can be the difference between … When and how to launch sales and marketing is a tough topic for most startup founders.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Introduction: Why Choosing the Right CRM Matters Choosing the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform can make or break your businesss growth trajectory. A powerful CRM helps organize customer data, streamline sales pipelines, and automate marketing ultimately boosting revenue. Can model complex sales orgs and processes.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 18, 2015

In the Innovator’s Dilemma for SaaS Startups , I outlined the path of many software companies, which disrupt incumbents by first serving the small-to-medium business and then move up-market by transitioning to serve larger enterprises with outbound sales teams. The enterprise sales team is exclusively inbound.

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