sales organization

also referred to as: sales organizations

8 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 3, 2019 by Matt Schatz · across every show →

Everything said about sales organization, oldest first

Jul 3, 2019 negative
Insight
Schatz: Top sales performers will quit if managers do not challenge them
“If that's the conversation that you're having with an A player, that A player should fundamentally quit your organization. If you're not challenging them, they will quit, they should quit.”
Matt Schatz Jul 3, 2019 ▶ 14:43 Building a $100M ARR Sales Team the Second Time Around with WP Engine
Aug 13, 2019 positive
Insight
Hire Sales Ops as Soon as You Start Hiring Sales
“As soon as you start building your sales organization, get the first sales ops person. Now, in all truth, I was a sales strategy expert before my current role, and so I'm a little bit biased towards that, but they are the best investment you can actually make,…”
Yamini Rangan Aug 13, 2019 ▶ 17:38 5 Myths That Stop SaaS Companies From Moving Upmarket Dropbox's CCO Yamini Rangan (now CEO HubSpot)
Jan 4, 2022 neutral
Insight
Box CRO: Growth problems are rarely caused solely by sales execution
“If you have a growth problem, it's probably being described as a sales problem, and there probably are problems in your sales organization, but they're probably not the only problem.”
Mark Wayland Jan 4, 2022 ▶ 48:46 Reaccelerating Growth at Scale with Box's CRO Mark Wayland and SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
Jan 4, 2022 neutral
Insight
Box CRO: Low rep productivity causes sales attrition and ramping imbalances
“If you don't have high performing reps, high participation rate, high productivity rates, or increasing productivity rates, then you will have high attrition in your sales organization. And if you have high sale attrition in your sales organization, then you h…”
Mark Wayland Jan 4, 2022 ▶ 49:34 Reaccelerating Growth at Scale with Box's CRO Mark Wayland and SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
Jan 25, 2022 negative
Opinion
Bailey: Most Sales Organizations Have a Feast and Famine Culture
“We have a feast and famine culture in most sales organizations.”
Melissa Murray Bailey Jan 25, 2022 ▶ 1:31 Driving Peak Performance through Reimagined Management with Hootsuite CRO Melissa Murray Bailey
Nov 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vassil: Toast promoted 25% of its sales organization in the past year
“I think we had a stat recently here, where like, 25% of our sales organization, which is large, right? It's a big number, had been promoted in the last 12 months.”
Jonathan Vassell Nov 3, 2023 ▶ 39:21 The Proven Customer Acquisition Strategies Behind Toast's Record Breaking Growth with Toast's CRO
Jan 31, 2024
Disclosure
Splunk CRO: Sales sources over 65% of pipeline, marketing about 14%
“The source, the majority of it is coming from the sales organization. Over 65% of it. Marketing is present about 14% and channel is the balance.”
Christian Smith Jan 31, 2024 ▶ 9:41 What It Really Takes to Be Successful in Enterprise SaaS Sales with Christian Smith, CRO of Splunk
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Benfer: Scaling sales teams requires external hires who have seen larger scale
“At a certain size and scale, you want people who have seen the film and can add new value, new perspective, new skills to the team. And if you're taking a look at your team and almost everybody there has grown up at the company, you might want to think about b…”
Michelle Benfer Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 32:03 How to Train Your Sales Leaders: Key Learnings from HubSpot and BILL’s Head of Sales Michelle Benfer
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