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Top 10 Mistakes Getting to $100M ARR with LaunchDarkly’s Co-founder Edith Harbaugh (Pod 668 + Video)

SaaStr

After three months, this talented guy came to Harbaugh with the recognition that LaunchDarkly’s customers were developers. He didn’t like to sell to developers, so he quit. because they needed to rebuild the sales team. They rebuilt the sales team and closed some big deals. A bad one can torpedo you.

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Product Judgment: How some people can repeatedly create product success

Intercom, Inc.

I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. If you ever had to face a Manager, Director or Exec as they make bad product decisions and you’re struggling to persuade them otherwise, this post will help you. It takes years to build, and therefore ranges from very weak to very strong.

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B2B Sales Outsourcing Is Dicey. Here’s How to Do It Right

Sales Hacker

In this article, I will summarize what I’ve learned about B2B sales outsourcing. W hat is Sales Outsourcing? Sales outsourcing gives parts of your own sales process to others (individuals or agencies). Reasons to outsource include: Lack of expertise and experience in some sales functions (e.g. Lead Generation).

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The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Hiring a VP of Sales with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

SaaStr’s own Jason Lemkin shares the top 10 mistakes he sees during the hiring process during Workshop Wednesday, held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. But for a non-sales or marketing product, a tech or development product, or products that are more complicated than the last sale are likely to implode because they can’t learn it on the fly.

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Market Gaps: 10 Ways to Spot Untapped Customer Needs

User Pilot

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Canva identified a market need for a user-friendly graphic design tool for non-designers and DocuSign for a secure solution to sign and manage digital documents and contracts. Talk to the developers and engineers. What are examples of market gaps?

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SaaS sales for startup leaders

Chart Mogul

Self-service sales model This is when customers explore and experience your product independently without needing hands-on help from your sales team. Your sales team may need to map out all potential targets and how to access potential buyers within those larger businesses. What does “Qualified really mean for your team?

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Intercom on Product: One for the roadmap

Intercom, Inc.

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. And I remember when we came in, we’d raised the Series A, or you guys raised the Series A and I inherited the success of that, we started hiring teams.