SDR team

also referred to as: sdr teams

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2022 by Maggie Hott · across every show →

Everything said about SDR team, oldest first

Dec 15, 2022
Assertion Supported
Slack Did Not Build an SDR Team Until 2017
“At Slack is we didn't even start building an SDR team until 2017. So we had been around for almost three years at that point before we've really ever started dialing up this outbound motion.”
Maggie Hott Dec 15, 2022 ▶ 20:49 Maggie Hott: 3 Questions You Must Ask When Interviewing Sales Reps | 20VC #960 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 8, 2024 positive
Insight
Cassidy: Sales Reps Who Generate Own Deal Flow Are Timeless
“Salespeople that are independent on an SDR team to drive their own deal flow is going to be a timeless recipe for success.”
Brendon Cassidy Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 43:49 Brendon Cassidy: Why You Should Never Hire Someone You Do Not Know in Your First Five Hires | E1124 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 8, 2024 negative
Insight
Cassidy: Sales playbooks older than 24 months are completely obsolete
“Most of what we knew is off the books, has no relevance anymore to how we go to market, to how we build sales teams SDR teams, everything is, we're very much in a place where it's like, the more you can unlearn You're, the more that you can walk away from bad …”
Brendon Cassidy Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 3:38 Brendon Cassidy: Why You Should Never Hire Someone You Do Not Know in Your First Five Hires | E1124 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 2, 2026 negative
Insight
Lindquist: Downsizing SDR teams after adopting AI is a scared defensive play
“Anybody that's like, oh, well, you know, we're just going to cut our SDR team in half, I'm like okay. That's an interesting move, right? That's a scared play that you're making because you're saying I can get the same productivity for half versus saying I can …”
Becca Lindquist May 2, 2026 ▶ 58:18 Inside Clay's Sales Playbook | Becca Lindquist · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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