SaaStr

JULY 2, 2020

How do you advise them in terms of the learning curve and maybe potential challenges or missteps that they make in the early days, and is that just part of the process? The reason that this is called data science is because it’s an exploratory process. Kurt Muehmel: Yeah, absolutely. There always is.

Customers 114

Customers Contract Price Education 114

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

Annual contracts: To what extent do annual contracts dominate today? Why does Tom think in the early days one should be wary of signing too many multi-year contracts? How does Tom think about calculating churn when it comes to multi-year contracts? What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? *

Contract 48

Contract Price Commission Conversion 48

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2019

So we actually are the operators of SaaS companies, and we come into organizations and help them streamline their go to market processes. And when we’re talking about MQLs and SQLs we’re really talking about one of these key handoffs that happen in the revenue team process, right? Jason Reichl: Yeah, absolutely.

X-functional 54

X-functional SQL Pipeline GTM 54

SaaStr

JANUARY 21, 2020

My velocity lane, PatientPop’s SMB SaaS, eight units a month, $13,500 contract. I talked to so many people and say, “Do you ask your salespeople to go through role-plays during your interview process?” Calls, emails, connect rate, demos, performs, wins, average contract value. They came from medicine, right?

Quota 107

Quota Sales Healthcare Territory 107

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Create a 2-Page Contract and Get Mutual Commitment [TEMPLATE PROVIDED]. Here’s a simple example to begin with that covers the SDR, AE and Customer Success Manager (CSM) functions: Table 1. Step 8: Create a 2-page Contract and Get Mutual Commitment [Template].

SQL 102

SQL Commission Customers Non-Profits 102

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

Annual contracts: To what extent do annual contracts dominate today? Why does Tom think in the early days one should be wary of signing too many multi-year contracts? How does Tom think about calculating churn when it comes to multi-year contracts? What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? *

Contract 10

Contract Price Commission Conversion 10