A new sales leader reached out this week to ask when she should hire her first sales development representative (SDR). What a great question, and luckily, it’s a pretty black and white answer.  LET’S START WITH WHEN IT’S NOT TIME TO HIRE YOUR FIRST SDR. It’s too soon to hire your first SDR when: You haven’t landed any actual, […]

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Let’s get another cliché out of the way. Talk is cheap. Hmm. In SaaS that’s actually not so true. A lot of talk gets funded. And a lot of decisions get made based on plans (nice, formalized, talk). From there, a lot of evaluation is done based on reporting data (another form of talk). I […]

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When we think about the stages of a recruiting, we all probably have a similar idea of that process. Resume screen, phone screen, in-person interview, 2nd round in-person interview, offer letter, reference checks, offer acceptance, and new employee onboarding. Some companies stick a few other steps here and there (like a sample presentation for sales […]

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