Databricks' Mid-Market Sales Team Grew 100% Annually for 4.5 Years
Heather Equibo · Proven Leadership Frameworks for a High-Performing Sales Team with Databricks' VP of Sales · Jan 11, 2022 · at 0:10
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Heather Equibo, VP of Mid-Market and Commercial Sales at Databricks, speaks at SaaStr about leadership frameworks for scaling sales teams.
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“Over the last four and a half years, I've been working on growing our team by a hundred percent year over year.”
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