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The Ultimate Guide to Small Talk: Conversation Starters, Powerful Questions, & More

Hubspot

You don’t want the conversation to devolve into a boring comparison of what you do -- which it quickly will unless you steer toward more interesting territory. or another Minnesota-centric question. Talking about your day jobs can be tricky. Instead of asking generic questions like, “Where do you work?”

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SaaStr Podcast #395 with UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan

SaaStr

I was at a little company in Minnesota called Stellent that was acquired by Oracle. So I want to talk about scaling orgs, because you’ve grown from 22% annual growth to 35% while going from 40 million to a hundred million there in ARR. We actually put a tremendous amount of trust, I guess, in product managers.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 213: Q & A with Tim Riesterer @TRiesterer

Heinz Marketing

I was born in Minnesota, lived in Wisconsin, and spent much of my life in Michigan. So, I don’t think you need a separate team, because everybody might go into a territory and say, “This morning, I’ve got a product that’s got 8% market share. But I grew up in the upper Midwest. Tim: We’ve seen all of it.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). Nikki Ivey is Cofounder of SDRDefenders and Head of Growth Development at Cultured Perspective, a Black owned Startup Consultancy. Constantly work on developing a growth mindset. ??If

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 104: Q&A with Jocelyn Brown

Heinz Marketing

In her role, she guides customers through their continued growth and progression through the stages of budgeting, planning and performance excellence, and elevates their experience throughout the journey. Once we get past waves and the Minnesota Vikings and the Olympics, we eventually do talk about B2B sales and marketing.

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SaaStr Podcast #367 with Zoom Head of Global Sales Operations and Enablement Hilary Headlee

SaaStr

Hilary Headlee: Sure, I got into SaaS actually back in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hilary Headlee: Like you said, I don’t think there’s a silver bullet on how to do it, and I know fast growth companies sometimes you have to trade off scale. Hilary Headlee: The pace and speed of business.

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The Secret of Successful Account-Based Selling? Going After the Big Fish

Salesforce

A collaboration platform , built directly into your CRM, not only helps facilitate marketing and sales alignment but also contributes to revenue growth and stronger relationships by streamlining processes, personalizing customer journeys, and tracking progress. Engage buyers everywhere What trends drive sales productivity today?

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