sales hires

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2022 by Eleanor Dorfman · across every show →

Everything said about sales hires, oldest first

Sep 14, 2022
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An empty calendar and lack of questions are early sales mis-hire indicators
“I would say an empty calendar is a red flag to your point. They're not outbounding. They're not booking any meetings. They're not meeting with their SDR. They're not meeting with their sales engineer. They're not meeting with their CSMs. So I think an empty ca…”
Eleanor Dorfman Sep 14, 2022 ▶ 40:04 Eleanor Dorfman: How We Scaled Retool to $50M ARR; Red Flags for Sales Hires | 20VC #925 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 4, 2023
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Rosenberg: Early sales hires should collaborate rather than compete
“Not with your first two sales hires, not that early. You want collaboration, not competition. You want people to be able to experiment with each other and say, I asked this is the response I get, what do you think? This worked for me, does it work for you? You…”
Matt Rosenberg Oct 4, 2023 ▶ 20:28 Matt Rosenberg: Why You Should Not Hire Sales Leaders From Big Companies | E1068 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 12, 2024
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Blond: Move on from underperforming sales hires who lack effort or attitude
“If the performance isn't there, you sort of default to, okay, what is the effort and the attitude like? And if either are lacking, this is either like a zero time or one time conversation with the person around performance.”
Sam Blond Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 29:10 Sam Blond: Why Startups are Doing Outbound Wrong and How to Fix It | E1139 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 7, 2025 positive
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Teixeira: Sales hires must start generating pipeline immediately post-training
“As soon as you're out of training, you've got an understanding of the product. You've got to get out there. You've got to get the reps in.”
Julian Teixeira Mar 7, 2025 ▶ 16:53 Julian Teixeira, CRO @ 1Password: How to Hire and Train Your First Sales Hires · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 2, 2025
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Marable: Sales Leaders Know Within Two Weeks if a Hire Fails
“I think after a couple of weeks, you know, if you've made a hiring mistake or if someone's good.”
Reggie Marable May 2, 2025 ▶ 48:37 20Sales: Sierra: Inside Silicon Valley's Fastest Growing Sales Machine & How to Prospect, Outbound and Close Enterprise Deals in AI
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