Paul Fifield

Operating Advisor, Bessemer Venture Partners · 2 appearances on the record.

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Paul Fifield is an entrepreneur and executive who co-founded Sales Impact Academy, a training platform for B2B revenue teams, and previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at UNiDAYS and Ceros. He currently serves as an Operating Advisor at Bessemer Venture Partners and coaches venture-backed tech founders through 50to500.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 12 not checkable as stated how the 15 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

2 predictions · 13 assertions · 9 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 15 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 12 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Paul argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Stage 2 Capital LPs include 250 top go-to-market executives
“What's unique about the stage two capital is that all the people have all the LPs are literally 250 of the sort of biggest go to market leaders in the world. You have literally invested and created this kind of fund that we have access now to people like the p…”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 6:30 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform

Their most notable contradicted claim

Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sales Impact Academy predicts reaching $7M ARR by end of 2021
“I think we'll be at seven million.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 14:17 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Paul Fifield said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Disclosure
SalesImpact prepares to raise funding at $80M pre-money valuation
“So we're about to raise again now at an AT pre.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 14:13 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SalesImpact grew ARR from $1M to nearly $4M in nine months
“So we were about a one million of ARR when we talked back in Jan, just over. So we're close to four now.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 2:34 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy reached $1.5M ARR in its first 12 months
“And we're doing about 1.5 million in, in ARR already in about 12 months of selling.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 4:47 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy maintains roughly 100 percent net dollar retention
“We have a hundred percent net dollar retention, basically.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 7:25 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy claims a 49 NPS, beating Harvard Business School
“Our NPS score is like, 49. Harvard Business School is like, 41.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 10:56 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sales Impact Academy predicts reaching $7M ARR by end of 2021
“I think we'll be at seven million.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 14:17 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SalesImpact serves over 200 customers including Gong and Outreach
“We're over 200 customers. We've landed companies like Gong Outreach, Klaviyo, G.T. Is just about to sign”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 2:42 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact previously raised $3M seed round from Stage 2 Capital
“So we've, we raised a three million seed round with stage two capital, which is co-founded, co-founded by Mark Roberge. And JPO who used to work at Bessemer.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 6:20 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Supported
Stage 2 Capital LPs include 250 top go-to-market executives
“What's unique about the stage two capital is that all the people have all the LPs are literally 250 of the sort of biggest go to market leaders in the world. You have literally invested and created this kind of fund that we have access now to people like the p…”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 6:30 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact pays $15K to $20K to develop a 10-hour course
“It's multiple thousands per hour of class development, right? So you'll be in the sort of like 15 to 20,000 dollar range for like a 10 hour course.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 9:39 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact maintains approximately 120% net revenue retention
“Net revenue retention's about a 120%”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 10:21 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact plans to launch $99 monthly self-serve tier in early 2022
“We're going to be opening up single user access in February, March next year. So literally anybody could like sign up with a credit card, For something like 99 bucks a month.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 11:39 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact plans $6M to $7M raise before early 2022 Series A
“Probably about sort of a six or a seven. And then do a major A round in sort of February, March.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 14:20 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LinkedIn data shows 30 million professionals across B2B sales roles
“There's fourteen million, like, reps in B to B. There's 3.2 million SDRs, 4.6 million customer success people, 4.4 million sales engineers, 3.2 million in revenue operations.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 15:05 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Prediction Not checkable as stated
SalesImpact projects 500% to 600% year-on-year growth
“I think all I can say is that, you know, I think we're on track to do You know, five, 600% growth year on year on year. I think you kind of watch this space.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 17:32 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Supported
Ceros completed a $100M secondary transaction in late 2020
“They just did a big secondary of a hundred million about five minutes, about five months ago.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 2:14 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy charges an average of $15,000 annually for 20 seats
“In dollars, the average is about 15,000 a year, and that gives access up to now about 20 people.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 4:04 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy has approximately 100 customers
“So we have just about a hundred customers.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 4:20 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Disclosure
Sales Impact gives platform access to 4,000 Revenue Collective members
“We just signed a global partnership with the Revenue Collective. So every single Revenue Collective member, of which there's 4000, gets a single user access to SIA. The combined revenue of the Revenue Collective membership companies is about a trillion dollars…”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 11:39 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy is cash flow positive on just $400K raised
“We raised 300,000 pounds, about 400,000 dollars, in a convertible loan note, and we've been cashflow positive for the last three months.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 12:31 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders
Disclosure
SalesImpact builds subscription live learning platform for go-to-market teams
“Essentially we're building a live learning platform for pretty much every role in a go to market team. And I guess one of the unique things is it's a subscription based model. And so what basically we were able to provide customers and teams and reps. Is a con…”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 1:47 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Disclosure
SalesImpact scales its coaching platform using third-party LMS Docebo
“Oh, we use Docebo. So we still use Docebo now.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 12:40 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fifield denies SalesImpact is in acquisition talks with RevGenius
“I am not in discussions with Jared, Jared right now.”
Paul Fifield Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 15:50 SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sales Coaching Platform
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sales Impact Academy finished 2019 with 15 customers and $100K ARR
“We had about 15 customers. So yeah, in, in ARR, probably about a hundred, maybe like a 100,000 back then.”
Paul Fifield Jan 18, 2021 ▶ 5:38 SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
SalesImpact In Talks to Raise $6m at $80m Valuation as they pass $4.5m Run Rate For Their Sep 21, 2021 11m
SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders Jan 18, 2021 8m
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