Kyle Porter

7 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2020 by Kyle Porter · said 18 times in 10 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jun 10, 2020
Disclosure
Porter: Salesloft was founded inside Pardot to solve its own workflow issues
“I actually founded sales loft in the Pardot offices, watching them do similar things and having a lot of those difficulties. So that was a lot of the inspiration”
Kyle Porter Jun 10, 2020 ▶ 28:04 7 Key Tips & Tricks to Getting More Revenue per AE with Salesloft, Zoom and Fireeye
Jun 10, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Porter: Salesloft automated CEO follow-up emails for closed-won deals over $50,000
“Once we acquired a new customer, I set this rule up in Salesforce that would say, if customer comes in and deal is closed one, above 50 K is the threshold I put on, you know, you may do differently, then it would automate an email from me to the rep, saying co…”
Kyle Porter Jun 10, 2020 ▶ 18:37 7 Key Tips & Tricks to Getting More Revenue per AE with Salesloft, Zoom and Fireeye
Jan 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Porter shut down SalesLoft's initial product despite hitting $7.5M in revenue.
“We were leveraging data that existed on social media to help companies generate lists of contacts to communicate with. And we knew from the beginning that this wasn't the long-term play for us, but it went from zero to four million in less than two years. And …”
Kyle Porter Jan 29, 2021 ▶ 4:29 The Twists and Turns Along the Way to Building a Unicorn with Salesloft's CEO Kyle Porter
Jan 29, 2021 positive
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Porter says SalesLoft sales cycles shortened 35% during the COVID-19 transition.
“So we saw sales cycles reduced by 35%.”
Kyle Porter Jan 29, 2021 ▶ 33:19 The Twists and Turns Along the Way to Building a Unicorn with Salesloft's CEO Kyle Porter
Jan 29, 2021 neutral
What-if
Porter regrets not expanding SalesLoft to enterprise and international markets sooner.
“One of the things is I didn't never expect that it would grow as the category would grow as fast as it has. And so I would have invested more money into it. I would have moved in enterprise sooner. I would have moved international sooner. I would have moved in…”
Kyle Porter Jan 29, 2021 ▶ 21:55 The Twists and Turns Along the Way to Building a Unicorn with Salesloft's CEO Kyle Porter
Jan 29, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Lemkin notes SalesLoft reached a $1.1 billion unicorn valuation.
“Sales lofts now worth 1.1 billion, but that was almost a dream when we met, right?”
Jason Lemkin Jan 29, 2021 ▶ 1:46 The Twists and Turns Along the Way to Building a Unicorn with Salesloft's CEO Kyle Porter
Jul 14, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Salesloft abandoned $7M in revenue after LinkedIn threatened litigation
“His first product, before Salesoft was the product that it stayed, a different product called Prospector that had seven million in revenue. LinkedIn threatened to sue them, and they had to abandon seven million revenue and start from scratch.”
Jason Lemkin Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 39:08 Why You're Unfundable Today: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS Part 2 with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
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