sales-representative

also referred to as: rep · reps · sales representative · sales representatives

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Oct 19, 2022 by Lauren Schwartz · across every show →

Everything said about sales-representative, oldest first

Oct 19, 2022
Insight
Schwartz: Managers can gauge a sales rep's eventual success within 30 days
“I'd say in the first 30 days you can get a sense of whether they're going to be successful because you're looking for things like what are they doing to What are they doing to get organized? What are they doing to start to learn about your product?”
Lauren Schwartz Oct 19, 2022 ▶ 37:27 Fivetran's Lauren Schwartz: Must-Ask Questions to Identify Potential Sales Talent | 20VC #939 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 13, 2023
Insight
Goldberg: Top relationship sales reps fail to close without tough conversations
“Like I've had some of the best sellers in the world when I was a first line manager, they were the best relationship people, the best, but they couldn't close because they couldn't have the tough conversation.”
Steve Goldberg Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 45:44 Steve Goldberg: Core Questions All CFOs Ask Today When Buying | E1094 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 24, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Involving Sales Reps Cuts B2B Buyer Regret in Half
“In fact, you reduce buyer regret by half. If the rep is involved in the process.”
Sean Murray Jan 24, 2024 ▶ 14:09 Sean Murray: Why Discovery Today is F***** & How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively | E1107 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 31, 2024
Insight
Dave Kellogg: Startups should hire sales reps in groups of three
“So I like hiring three at a time but not for the Hunger Games effect, for the controlled experiment effect.”
Dave Kellogg Jan 31, 2024 ▶ 31:34 Dave Kellogg: How to Forecast in 2024 & Why CaC Payback is Flawed and CAC Ratio is Better | E1110 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 23, 2024
Insight
Sales reps must generate at least 3x their OTE in productivity
“My reps should be able to generate three times their OTE. So if your OTE is 300 rough numbers, you should be able to get 900 K in productivity.”
Chad Peets Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 25:38 Chad Peets: Why Most Sales Reps Underperform & Remote Reps Ignore Development | E1193 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 27, 2024 negative
Insight
Mahtani: Leading with discounts hurts customers, companies, and reps
“I do not like to lead with discounting. It is a disservice to the customer and to the company and to you as a rep to lead with discount.”
Jeetu Mahtani Sep 27, 2024 ▶ 0:02 Jeetu Mahtani, Sales Leader @Hubspot: How and When to Go International and Crush It | E1207 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 24, 2025
Insight
Sales Reps Without Prospecting Experience Give Up When Cold Calling Gets Tough
“If they haven't done that and they haven't been in that lonely place, the likelihood that they are willing to make that 20th call is low. Even if they thought they were willing upfront, when they actually get into it, you have to have been through that journey…”
Carlos Delatorre Jan 24, 2025 ▶ 21:29 Carlos Delatorre, CRO @Harness: Why Every Sales Rep Should Do Pipeline Generation | E1251 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 24, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Isolated MongoDB Sales Reps Had a 4x Higher Attrition Rate
“At MongoDB, we hired a lot of people, and our attrition was higher than we wanted it to be, and so we did a lot of analysis on attrition, and what we found is that lone rangers, and we meant that meaning when we have a single employee in a You know, if we have…”
Carlos Delatorre Jan 24, 2025 ▶ 14:24 Carlos Delatorre, CRO @Harness: Why Every Sales Rep Should Do Pipeline Generation | E1251 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 17, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: Every departing sales rep violates laws by taking client contact lists
“How many folks take their Rolodex with them when they leave, which violates many laws, all of them.”
Jason Lemkin Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 1:27:29 a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN & Why Josh Kushner Has Mastered the Game · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 27, 2025 positive
Insight
Graves: Sales Reps Should Manage Pipeline Like an Investment Portfolio
“If you have a diversified portfolio, similar to financial advising, like you don't want to just focus on the highest risk stock. Like you want to make sure you have a diversified portfolio. Portfolio. I bring that mentality into sales to think about, okay, in …”
Kim Graves Jun 27, 2025 ▶ 31:13 20Sales: How to Layer Enterprise Sales on PLG | How to Sell AI Tools To Enterprises That Are Scared | Should Reps Own Their Own Pipeline | Mistakes All Founders Make When Moving From Founder-Led to Rep-Led Sales with Kim Graves
Apr 11, 2026 negative
Opinion
Reyna: A large portion of modern sales reps have grown soft
“I think a very large portion of them are because they don't have the environment to actually like just push harder or because they've already lost the passion in that.”
Carles Reina Apr 11, 2026 ▶ 44:39 ElevenLabs: Building an AI Sales Machine & Why We Set a 20x Sales Quota · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 23, 2026
Assertion Supported
Peets: Anthropic offered sales reps $1.2M compensation packages
“Like if Anthropic, for example, when they were at their three 80 valuation, they were offering reps, call it a 1,000,002.”
Chad Peets May 23, 2026 ▶ 49:25 Why Anthropic Are Causing a Comp Crisis & Why You’d Never Hire From Salesforce or ServiceNow · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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