Solutions Engineer

also referred to as: solutions engineers

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 21, 2023 by Zach Lawryk · across every show →

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Feb 21, 2023
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Lawryk: Smart, technical Solutions Engineers fail without AE collaboration
“It doesn't matter how smart or good of a presenter, Or how technical an SE is. If they can't work with their AE counterparts, they're never going to be successful.”
Zach Lawryk Feb 21, 2023 ▶ 28:27 Zach Lawryk: The Ultimate Guide to Sales Engineering | E980 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 21, 2023
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Lawryk: Solutions engineers should have a 70/30 comp split tied to quotas
“So, you know, typically you've got the AE was fifty-fifty you know, 50 base, 50 variable, and the SE in an ideal world is like seventy-thirty. And you want the SE, in my opinion, to have as much skin in the game As possible and be connected to the same number …”
Zach Lawryk Feb 21, 2023 ▶ 22:01 Zach Lawryk: The Ultimate Guide to Sales Engineering | E980 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 21, 2023
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Lawryk: Prospects trust Solutions Engineers more than Account Executives
“Even if both people can do exactly the same thing, there's a lot of value in having just two people on a call because A prospect or customer is going to answer questions differently coming from an SE than they would from an account executive, because they have…”
Zach Lawryk Feb 21, 2023 ▶ 26:55 Zach Lawryk: The Ultimate Guide to Sales Engineering | E980 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 21, 2023
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Lawryk: Startups should hire their first solutions engineer at 5-7 sales reps
“But I would say on average across a wide variety of products, when you get to about like five to seven reps, Because, you know, you're starting your first sales team. You probably, you know, need to hire more capable multifaceted AEs for the first five, but th…”
Zach Lawryk Feb 21, 2023 ▶ 22:41 Zach Lawryk: The Ultimate Guide to Sales Engineering | E980 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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