I’ve spent the week helping a few clients interview for some key new hires. I’ve kissed some frogs, and found a few princes (or princesses, as the case may be). And there is one way I can quickly tell the difference between the duds and the superstars. I base my hiring decisions on the quality […]
Recruiting
Repeatable Processes for Hiring the Best Sales Reps
Hiring the best sales reps for your SaaS company starts with a repeatable process. Here’s a quick overview of how to get started.
Execution Separates Great SaaS Ideas from Great SaaS Businesses
If you’re a $1M+ annual recurring revenue SaaS company, you probably had a pretty great idea. You also likely had at least a passable strategy to get to that first milestone of success. And you must have had some semblance of a product. But the odds remain very low that your $1M+ ARR will scale […]
SaaS Startup Hiring Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
Hiring mistakes are inevitable, especially when you are scaling fast and trying to fill many open positions at once. Here are a few of the most common startup hiring mistakes I’ve seen and some thoughts on how to avoid them. Hiring people who aren’t passionate about your category and/or SaaS. When SaaS was just getting […]
Video: 9 tips to Hire Better Salespeople
Transcript: Hi guys! I’m Anna Talerico, with Married2Growth and these are a 9 quick tips on hiring better sales candidates. One, chemistry counts when initially building your sales team. You have to want to work with them. You have to be able to imagine working with them—and look forward to that, earnestly. Two, listen to your gut! […]
How to Build a Repeatable Sales Recruiting Process
If you are growing your sales team, you need a repeatable recruiting process. And it’s never too early to start. Even if you are just about to go recruit your first real salesperson, you can start with a theoretical “best practices” process that you then tweak and build upon as you get your feet under […]
High SaaS Employee Turnover? It’s You, Not Them.
I know it sounds harsh, but when you have a SaaS company with high turnover, it’s much more likely to be the company’s fault than the employees’. Sorry, but millennial tales of woe notwithstanding, people stay where they love to be. SaaS employee turnover is far more costly — in hard expense and lost growth […]
SaaS Engineering Talent Quality vs Quantity
In my experience, leading a tech company for over ten years, SaaS engineering talent is the hardest to find. I was at a barbecue over the weekend and ended up commiserating with another CEO over the challenges and philosophies around SaaS engineering quality vs. quantity. We all know that demand outstrips supply for software engineers, […]
Accountability and Transparency: Keys to SaaS Culture
As the CEO of martech SaaS ion interactive, I was big on accountability and transparency. My co-founders and I managed the organization around the ideas that everyone pulls their own weight and everyone else is entitled to see that. Of course when someone or some team didn’t make it happen, it was obvious to all. […]
Video: Want Your Sales Team to Sell More? Hire and Train for Curiosity.
The best sales people are naturally curious. They instinctively ask the right questions, at the right moment, in the right tone. This trait helps them gather key information, bond with their prospect, sell consultatively and win more deals. Here’s how to help your team be more curious.
