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The Best Sales Certifications to Get in 2025

RingDNA

CPSP – Certified Professional Sales Person The Certified Professional Sales Person (CPSP) program from the National Association of Sales Professionals (NASP) is designed for reps at any stage of their career looking to build a strong foundation in modern selling. Duration: ~3 hours (self-paced) Cost: Free 7.

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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

SaaStr

Ron explains: “Wehire mostly technical backgrounds, but as our customers get larger and larger, you start to get global account managers, and they’re going to have much more business strategic account management experience. Similar to most structures of a technical sales team. We tend to be very technical.

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Sales In The Age of AI: The Playbook from The CROs of Databricks, Windsurf, Perplexity and Owner

SaaStr

Sales in the Age of AI: Top 10 Learnings from the CROs of Databricks, Windsurf, Perplexity and Owner We’re recently done A+ SaaStr deep dives with the CROs / VPs of Sales from Perplexity, Owner, Databricks, and Windsurf. For your C-players, you have roughly 12 months to help them level up or transition them out.

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Sunday Morning Blog: Sales Aerobics for Engineers

A Sales Guy

Who says technical people can’t sell? Sales Aerobics for Engineers is a great resource for anyone, not just engineers, who wants to understand the selling world better. Post topics range from start-up sales challenges to prospecting for the new sales guy.

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How To (Successfully) Source Your First 2 Sales Reps

SaaStr

Get them to ideally sell you first by video, at least to share some passion for the product. Or at least, get them to respond in writing about how they’d sell your product. Video is an amazingly effective filter, and on your side, it’s a chance to pitch prospective reps on why you are offering a great opportunity for them.

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3 Secrets to Help You Sell Upmarket Faster

SaaStr

Keeping the marketing team aligned with the sales team and product team is imperative before going upstream. . Your ICP will help your org know who they’re selling to and why. When determining if a prospect is considered ‘upmarket’ or not, you can measure this in a couple of ways. Now, go sell upmarket! .

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Cassi Roper

Partners in Excellence

We later looked at methods to ratchet up performance even further. There has, often, been a stigma associated with sales people, nurtured by movies like Boiler Room and GLengarry Glen Ross. ” Why I’m so interested in selling: Cassi Roper, CRO, Redgate How did you find yourself in a selling role?

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