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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

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In the latest episode of SaaStr’s CRO Confidential Series, our host Sam Blond sits down with Ron Gabrisko, CRO of Databricks , to unpack the journey from $1M in ARR to crossing $3B ARR at the end of January 2025. Similar to most structures of a technical sales team. We tend to be very technical.

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3 Secrets to Help You Sell Upmarket Faster

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Keeping the marketing team aligned with the sales team and product team is imperative before going upstream. . Your ICP will help your org know who they’re selling to and why. Selling to SMBs, by contrast, is fast-paced, and a single rep can typically handle several deals at once. Now, go sell upmarket! .

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All New 2021 Enterprise SalesTech Landscape

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B2B [1] Enterprise [2] Not primarily meant for marketers Primarily meant for sales organizations [3] Are software solutions – not services Eliminating the apples-to-oranges comparisons Category Definitions We’ve also taken care to give the categories names that are easily understood. For one, we no longer have a Sales Enablement category.

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How to Deal With Difficult People in Your Sales Org – According to the Sales Hacker Community

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The shift to remote work isn’t just impacting the way we sell, it’s changing the way customers buy. With budgets tightening and more companies looking to invest in long-term remote solutions, old sales strategies aren’t going to work. This shift to remote selling has forced many organizations to rethink their sales strategy. .

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Quote-to-Cash vs CPQ — how to correctly interpret these terms and make them work for your business

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In reality, the Q2C stage can be preceded by a variety of marketing activities resulting in sales opportunities and followed by post-sale activities that may include efficiency analysis, cross/upsell planning, and process improvements. Benefits of CPQ software The benefits of CPQ software are hard to overlook.

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Lessons from New Relic: Five Critical Steps to Scaling Enterprise (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Fast forward to today, we’ve crossed the $400 million revenue mark. We announced tomorrow, but we’ve crossed that line and now we’re at about 55% of our revenues coming from the enterprise. Your sales organization may go from being primarily hub based or inside sales based to having more of a field presence as we did.