Mark Leslie

10 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Andy Rachleff · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Rachleff: 60 VCs, including himself, rejected Veritas before its $1B success
“Now, Mark hates venture capitalists because the company that he grew to be a billion dollar business actually was very, very hard to finance, and I think 60 venture capitalists, including myself, turned him down.”
Andy Rachleff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:12 a16z Podcast | From Teaching Leadership to Being a Leader
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Company culture is defined by crisis decisions, not published values
“Culture in a company has nothing to do with the values that are published. Culture in a company has to do with what happens in a company when things get bad and people have to make decisions on how do they react.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 18:30 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: You cannot teach someone to become an entrepreneur
“You can teach an entrepreneur How to go start and build a company, but you can't teach someone to be an entrepreneur who's not an entrepreneur.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 2:45 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Dysfunctional sales behavior stems from flawed comp plans, not salespeople
“And the reason that salespeople don't behave right relative to their compensation plan, it's not the salesman, it's the compensation plan.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 22:26 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019 positive
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Mark Leslie: Enterprise sales compensation plans should fit on a 3x5 card
“I think a compensation plan should be on a three by five card. This is what your base is. This is how much you're getting. These are the, you know, kind of notches as you go up the thing. And here's what we're paying you for.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 23:44 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Sun Microsystems offered top salespeople Rolexes to break comp plans
“So, they got their five top salesmen in the world, and they brought them into the home office, and they said, the guy who breaks the compensation plan most significantly gets a gold Rolex. It worked. They found out all the holes in the plan.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 24:11 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Organizational trust operates like a bank account with no loans
“I think of trust, I think of it as a bank of trust. So in a bank of trust, you can make a deposit, meaning you can express trust and give people that sense. In times of need, when things are bad and you need people to stand by you can make a withdrawal from th…”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 17:33 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Founders solving unexperienced problems face lower success rates
“I think that the probability of success is much lower when you're trying to solve a problem that you've never personally experienced.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 1:24 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Set sales quotas so 75% of reps hit 100%
“It's my belief that you want to have a company where 75% of the people get to a hundred percent. Then you have a reputation as this is a company where people make money.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 26:04 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
Feb 26, 2019
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Mark Leslie: Leaders cannot change people's behavior because character is immutable
“I think character, my personal opinion, is as immutable. I don't believe that you can change behavior of people.”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 3:23 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
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