Jonathan Vassell
CRO, Toast. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
Jonathan Vassil is the Chief Revenue Officer of Toast. He focuses on go-to-market execution and customer acquisition strategies for the company.
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Vassell: Distributed field sales requires software plus embedded payments unit economics
“There are other businesses that, or other verticals that don't have the density and that also don't have the unit economics. To get the payback that you need on a distributed workforce, right? We do because of the software plus embedded payments model, right? …”
Vassil: Smaller sales territories drive higher growth than broad ones
“What we know is the territory size you give the rep will dictate your growth rate, right? And so while we could have given our first rep the entire city of Seattle, We knew that'd be counterproductive going back to the density, right? And so the key is to, and…”
Vassil: Toast's marketing team drives the majority of its sales funnel
“A majority of our funnel is driven by our marketing team, you know, despite having folks on the ground.”
Vassil: Toast still has 85% of the restaurant market left to capture
“The TAM that we're servicing is one of the largest vertical TAMs in the world with Phil, you know, 85% of the market left to conquer or to tackle, and those opportunities are really, really unique.”
Vassell: Restaurants have higher rooftop density than any other vertical
“There is no other vertical that's, that has that many rooftops. In the U S or across the globe, right? So if you think about any city block, right in San Francisco or Miami or wherever it might be, you may have a pet store, you may have a drug store, right? Yo…”
Vassell: Toast inside sales reps have the exact same ARR quotas as field reps
“The quotas are no different, by the way, like that, that inside rep is still going to produce the requisite amount of ARR. As a field rep, they're just going to do it across a different geography.”
Vassil: High market density directly increases Toast's win rates
“We know definitively, and we've got a ton of data to prove this. When we reach a certain density level within a market our win rates on our top of all actually begin to increase and our reps become more productive.”
Vassil: One in five closed Toast deals comes from a referral
“One out of five deals, and we've said this publicly, one out of five deals is referring, right?”
Vassil: Eight in ten happy restaurant customers have referrals to offer
“Ask them if they know of someone that might be in the market, eight times out of 10, they do. Bottom line, eight times out of 10, they do.”
Vassil: Top sales reps came from teaching, military, and restaurants
“Some of our best sales reps were school teachers. Or have come out of the military or have come out of the restaurant industry, not folks who have had many years selling, you know, for other businesses.”
Vassil: Toast serves up to 85,000 restaurant customers across four countries
“We've got, I think we said today, we've got 80, 85,000 customers across the U.S. And Canada and the U.K. And I, and we're still in our early days, right?”
Vassil: Up to 80% of Toast's sales reps are field-based
“With our sales organization, I, I'd call it, you know, 80, 75 to 80% are field-based sales reps where they are in the market, they own a geography, and they are the trusted advisor to the restaurant space In, in their patch, like, as we like to call it.”
Vassil: Toast Had No Sales Reps in California for Years
“We didn't actually have a rep in California for many years after we started, right? Cause it was just better for us to put another rep in Boston”
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| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 SAASTRLEDGER | CRO, Toast | 1 | 14 | 50% 1/2 | full record on the Official SaaStr Podcast → |