SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2024

2023 saw the team grow from 6-10 reps, which is pretty modest, and they built an SDR function. At the end of ‘22, they started a small pilot and grew that function from one and two BDRs to a team of 10 and then 12. They’ll become more concerned about the quality of deals from sales to onboarding to launch. They grew 2.5x

Go To Market 117

Go To Market GTM X-functional Objectives and Key Results 117

SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2023

Mistake: On the other hand… not betting on the team that got me there “Everything will be fine once we get a new head of [X]” -every startup CEO ever (also me, frequently) When you launch a company, the initial team is usually whoever you can get. For this one deal, we just need to do X. is create a Prescriptive Methodology.

X-functional 130

X-functional Clients Growth Start-ups 130

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

As a founder, you need to be more involved in functional areas like sales support and success. It’s tough for folks to staff these functions. Give everyone x amount of money to go find the best one. App contraction is still happening, and AI is absorbing all of the energy in the industry. Is SaaS dead right now?

Price 117

Price X-functional Growth B2B 117

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2019

Be careful about contracts you sign and team training you invest in. They can now deliver a lot of the same functionality, and your main decision-making factor could be the pricing model. And its data-layer functionality is versatile. Now they’ve launched a mobile app. Stay focused. Educate yourself. Consult experts.

GTM 124

GTM X-functional CRM Technology 124

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

When you start growing above 50 employees, and certainly get to 100, things change, you now have teams, which means you have functional leaders. Rather than having this feeling of disconnected functional areas, everyone in the company knows what to work on. So, sales in my view is best run on a quarterly plan.

Finance 114

Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 114

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

But when entrepreneurs launch a SaaS business, it’s often quite hard to know how they’re doing. Just to say a little bit more about this, if you look at the sales functions are structured. This is also how Stripe continues to launch new products. We launched a billing product a couple months ago.

Price 98

Price Launch X-functional Contract 98

Hubspot

AUGUST 17, 2021

Sometimes, it means they’re selling a lot of Product X when the company is pushing for sales of Product Y. In these examples, maybe Product X is a lot easier to sell and comes with a higher commission rate than Product Y. Maybe, that means they’re selling one-year deals when the company wants two-year deals.

Commission 91

Commission Quota X-functional Finance 91

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Chris Riccobono launched UNTUCKit -- a line of shirts that look good untucked -- after getting frustrated with how wrinkly and ill-fitting his regular button-down shirts were when he didn't tuck them in. Ask everyone to come prepared to discuss a certain product category or question, such as, "What's your favorite type of X and why?"

Minimum Viable Product 101

Minimum Viable Product Legal X-functional Networking 101

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

We’ve got a lot of training to do with our sales teams to get them to start to speak in these types of terms versus feature function. That doesn’t mean to say, you’re going to do away with the functions. It cannot work in the future because that isn’t how society functions. I mean, what do they do?

Retail 105

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 105

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

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. When we launched we couldn’t earn a six figures deal at that time. Next up, we’ve got Nicolas Dessaigne. Nicolas Dessaigne : Right.

Price 107

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 107

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

So, can you talk a little bit about the early days of going through that idea iteration phase, and how did you decide to launch Brex? Because if you’re launching a consumer company, or even B2B size product, you can pretty much sell, or have a product ready in those three to six months, and even have 10 customers. Henrique: Yeah.

Launch 83

Launch Pitch Niche Negotiate 83

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Lead generation X ? Social media integration X ? Free version X ? Lead generation X ? Social media integration X ? Free version X X 24/7 customer service ? Lead generation X ? X Mobile access ? ? Social media integration X ? Free version X ? Lead generation X ?

X-functional 52

X-functional Territory CRM Lead generation 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

Trisha Price: Yeah, I mean, for us, it has changed over the years and it has changed as we’ve launched new solutions, right? ” They will be able to point to measurable value X amount saved, or X user adoption, or X spend categories and a management, or X improvement in operational efficiency, whatever that may be.

Price 84

Price Retail X-functional Healthcare 84

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

X this year. You don’t have to do every single function to still get a customer. For all these types of categories, I know it’s trite, but you just have to find your 10 X feature that someone will buy. Maybe doesn’t have to send the contract out for his signature, but you never, ever, ever get the time back.

Quota 98

Quota Growth Product Closing 98

Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The retailer is also exploring the possibility of launching ads on Prime Video. TikTok launched ads within its search results in August challenging Google and Microsoft. The decline of X Following Elon Musk’s takeover in 2022, Twitter’s ad revenue steeply declined.

Retail 116

Retail X-functional Launch Non-Profits 116

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Send an advance copy of the contract or a prepared quote so all decision-makers can review sales details before the call. Confirm your prospect’s challenge Instead of launching into your sales pitch right away, start with questions. The contract period is pretty long. Are you asking for a referral? If so, with whom?

Objectives and Key Results 69

Objectives and Key Results Pitch X-functional Sales 69

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

Annual contracts: To what extent do annual contracts dominate today? Why does Tom think in the early days one should be wary of signing too many multi-year contracts? How does Tom think about calculating churn when it comes to multi-year contracts? And the first one as you said, Harry, is around annual contracts.

Contract 12

Contract Price Commission Conversion 12

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene. Bob Moore: At that 50 plus era, there’s a function for this. 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

X-functional 64

X-functional Start-ups Drivers/motivators Go To Market 64

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does your customer success and customer support functions change with the move to enterprise? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. A classic example is a Shopify selling to, let’s say, contract. What are the biggest challenges in making this transition?

Price 62

Price GTM Up-sell Product 62

Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2019

That tech served purposes like capturing leads directly from a website, automatically routing those leads to reps, increasing the volume of emails a human could send, enabling reps to make phone calls with a single click, and easily creating clean and crisp contracts for signature. Think launching new products, rolling out methodology, etc.,

Quota 83

Quota X-functional Strategize Start-ups 83

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Rob Giglio is the Chief Customer Officer at Canva, where he oversees Canvas sales and go-to-market functions. You’re launching a new product. So I always like to give a quick bio for the, the listeners. You really do only get one shot.

GTM 103

GTM Gambling B2B E-commerce 103

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In April 2023, I had my first real experience launching an AI business opportunity. So, we decided to create a tool that could scan individuals Twitter (now X) profiles and generate content tailored to the individual. When we launched, we simply shared the link on X, hoping a few dozen users might try it out. Healthcare.

Minimum Viable Product 36

Minimum Viable Product X-functional Healthcare Territory 36

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As you probably remember in the early 2010s, their mobile app store launched and kind of started to scale out. As you remember, very few people had mobile apps because it had just launched. The salesperson now isn’t just getting a name and email and this guy or girl wants to talk at X time.

A/B testing 109

A/B testing X-functional Start-ups Launch 109