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5 Interesting Learnings From Avalara at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Founded in 2004, took 16 years to hit the first $500m in ARR, in 2020. 1000 partners are key to their GTM strategy. They earn commissions and are offered dedicated sales, marketing and training support. At $600m in ARR, Avalara is growing 38% year-over-year powering a $13.5B market cap. Good but not great for a $40k deal. #2.

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These 36 RevOps Leaders Have Something (Great) to Say

Sales Hacker

Even if you’re not in RevOps, our list of RevOps heroes offer advice everyone needs to hear (or, at least everyone in a GTM org). Super engaged with the RevOps community, she opens up discussions on many pertinent questions like, who should run commissions : RevOps or Finance? Keith Jones , Manager of GTM systems at MURAL.

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From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons with Asad Zaman

Sales Hacker

He’s worked closely with C-level executives to refine their GTM hiring practices. In 2020, he was appointed CEO. I stumbled onto a sales role, commission only, door to door. A bunch of guys on campus created a startup, but they didn’t have any GTM expertise. In 2016, he founded their executive search division.

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The Playbook to Blending Product-Led Growth with Sales-Led Growth: Teams, Tools, Processes with Amplitude’s VP of APJ Mark Velthuis (Pod 641 + Video)

SaaStr

Product-led growth is a GTM strategy where the product is the main driver for growth. Fast forward 10 and 20 years, from 2000-2020, and executives took control of the buying decisions. Some sales teams are reluctant to adopt PLG, afraid it will cannibalize their business and reduce commissions. That’s creepy. Don’t worry.

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Building Resilience Through Efficient Scaling In 2023 with ICONIQ Growth General Partner, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds (Video)

SaaStr

At the same time, many started the year with healthy balance sheets and used their 2020 learnings of scenario planning and applied them quickly. Is Your GTM Strategy Poking Holes In The Ship GTM strategy has been one of the biggest areas of inefficiency over the last two years. The Takeaway There’s only so much you can cut.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Product marketing is responsible for tasks like: Developing and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies; Researching and understanding target segments; Analyzing competitor activities; Developing product value propositions ; Defining messaging strategies ; Ensuring customer success teams and salespeople understand the product features.

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RevOps Strategies of Sales Leaders You Need to Follow

Lead Fuze

When I first began hiring salespeople, I thought that base pay plus commissions and bonuses would be enough motivation for them. Cindy was on the panel for OpsStars 2020, which focused mainly on how to find success in today’s market. He has been nominated for the 2020 OpsStars Awards. Compensation plans.