Badshah: Socedo sets Account Executive quotas at $4,000 monthly MRR
Aseem Badshah · 837: SaaS: A Good Reason to Have Flat Growth at $200k MRR · Nov 8, 2017 · at 2:47
Asim Badshah, founder and CEO of Socido, discusses team efficiency metrics and Account Executive sales quotas.
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“So we're now, I think around about 4000 dollars in MRR per month per AE.”
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