Max Altshuler

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Insight
Altshuler: Sell event sponsorships before booking a venue
“You should start selling sponsorships before you have the venue.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 5:35 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: 75% of conference revenue comes from sponsorships, 25% from tickets
“You get 75% of your income through sponsorships, about 25% of your income through ticket sales.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 3:36 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Sales Hacker generated $1.2M in sponsorships for June 2016 conference
“Sponsor revenue for that one is about 1.2 and change.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 4:05 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Sales Hacker kept its June 2016 conference costs under $1M
“Yeah, so our costs were sub one million, right around”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 4:42 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Insight
Altshuler: Use early sponsor payments to fund conference expenses
“Incentivizing sponsors to sign up early and pay early is imperative because you want to pay for the conference out of conference revenues. You don't want to go into pocket.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 7:31 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Sales Hacker took a profit share for producing SaaStr Annual
“We took a percentage of profits of all profits for Saster because we managed the entire event.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 10:53 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
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Altshuler: Sales Hacker generated approximately $2.5M in 2015 revenue
“20 15 total revenue. I think we were around like 2.5.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 11:31 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Sales Hacker is raising an early-stage B2B venture fund
“You know, we actually, we're gearing up, so to speak. To raise a fund to invest in early stage B to B companies and be able to help them with their sales and marketing.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 12:21 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Target size for new venture fund is $15M to $30M
“The goal would be somewhere between 15 and thirties.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 13:55 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
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Altshuler: Sales Hacker events draw about 2,500 attendees per conference
“We do crowdsource content on our blog, and then a couple conferences a year, about 2500 people at each conference focus on future sales.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 2:36 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Sales Hacker reaches 40,000 to 50,000 email subscribers
“Somewhere between 40 and 50,000.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 12:58 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
Disclosure
Altshuler: Writes $10K to $20K angel checks at $3M to $6M valuations
“I'm doing like 10 or 20 K checks in in the earliest round I can get in, like, preferably in like a three to six million dollar valuation.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 16:40 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer
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Altshuler: Sold 15,000 self-published copies of 'Hacking Sales' before Wiley deal
“I actually self published it and probably sold 15,000. And then Wiley came in maybe 10 months later bought like the second edition and did another five or so through them.”
Max Altshuler Dec 22, 2016 ▶ 21:51 EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshculer

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EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 516: SalesHacker $2.5m 2015 Revenue Helping Sales Reps Get Smarter with CEO Max Altshcu Dec 22, 2016 13m
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