By Katie Burns
May 21 2018
Managing Director, Providence Equity
Jul 25 2019
I have been thinking a lot about the continuum of maturity in SaaS customer success organizations. It really boils down to degrees of a spectrum ranging from reactive to proactive. Here are the 11 areas I evaluate when assessing a customer success organization for strengths and weaknesses. How well they execute against these usually indicates […]
Sep 03 2019
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, […]
Mar 26 2019
While I believe high customer retention (and/or low revenue & customer churn, depending how you prefer to frame it) takes a village that touches all aspects of the company…I also believe that sales plays a big role. Particularly when it comes to setting customer expectations. If you have a sales team that routinely overpromises, you are […]
