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5 Interesting Learnings from Gartner at $6 Billion in Revenue

SaaStr

And its stock price is up +35% the last year, and +192% the past 5 years: 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. About $1m Quotas for 5,000 Sales Reps Gartner is split into two divisions, and interestingly, both have quotas of about $1m per rep. #2. in Contract Value The power of steady growth #3. Not too shabby!

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30+ Founders and Execs Share Pricing and Billing Practices … That Just Weren’t Worth It

SaaStr

Q: What billing or pricing tactic have you found in the end just wasn’t worth it? ” and “Something we found really effective at CoursKey, and other vSaaS businesses will likely find as well: Instead of running pilots, sign a multi-year contract but give them an opt-out after 3-6 months. .” Jason, ed. :

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5 Sales Tech Stack Tools You Should Use in 2023 (High ROI)

Veloxy

When 57% of sales reps expect to miss their quota every quarter, managers need to rely on the 42% to make the team’s number. One of the biggest challenges for the missed quota reps is sales readiness. Most sales reps spend over 175 hours every year on generating quotes and proposals, and waiting for contracts to be signed.

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Why Can’t SaaS Companies Just Mint Cash?

SaaStr

Well let me just step back with my learnings as you do your own planning: First, assuming you are growing > 80% YoY or so, have a lot of pre-paid annual contracts, … you should be able to be cash-flow positive almost no matter what somewhere around $5-$8m in ARR. Does it cost so, so much to host a few million lines of code on AWS?

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Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight, and Jason Lemkin, CEO of SaaStr: Answer Your Top 10 2024 Customer Success Questions

SaaStr

Who Should CS Report to and Should They Have a Quota? This approach is more commonly seen in SaaS with more complex products where professional services and longer contract durations are involved. Related – regardless of who ultimately owns CS, should they have a quota? What’s the ROI of the CS Team?

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The 10 Best Salesforce Automation Tools for 2022 & 2023

Veloxy

However, the right “stack” of Salesforce automation tools can really help you accelerate revenue and crush quota. You’ll easily generate quotes, proposals, and contracts in a variety of formats and in mere seconds. Salesforce automation tools go a long way in helping you improve the productivity and efficiency of your sales team.

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5 Buying Signals Too Many Sellers Miss, According to Experts

Salesforce

Here’s the hard truth: “You don’t know if they’re ready to buy until they tell you they’re ready to buy, and you can’t believe it until you get a signed contract,” said Richard Harris , sales coach and founder of The Harris Consulting Group. This gets you to quota faster, which helps you hit company-wide sales targets.

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