Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

One of the questions I’m most often asked by CEOs is how to hire sales people. I’ve also written extensively on sales and on which sales execs to hire and how to think about the different kinds of sales leaders. Call high, and get passed down or; B. It’s too strategic. ” Whatever this issue is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Mr. Everhart distills his leadership insights from many decades in one of the largest business-to-business marketing agencies, working with companies across the country. We want to make sure you can break down the silos and manage to results. Rarely is there alignment between sales and marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. McGuinness is the co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Marketing Podcast with Jack McGuinness.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

This is part of my ongoing Sales & Marketing Series. In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. We had 4 or 5 sales reps that had been around since the early days.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

CRM platforms are already firmly ensconced within the sales technology and strategies of most small and midsized businesses. Sales teams have been using their CRMs for basic, day-to-day-functions — such as managing customer information and tracking purchase history — for decades. The power of predictive technology.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2020

Jeannette Collazo, CEO of Lurdez Consulting Group , which offers IT project management advisory and services. Her belief in the need for educating upcoming IT project managers in better relational skills led to her writing of T.E.A.M.: The IT Project Manager’s Secret Decoder for Increasing Relational Excellence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. The entrepreneurial mindset is a function of motivation, priorities, and risk versus reward, all of which you set or enable by your leadership and example.

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Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2021

Such include: Lack of enough financial resources Insufficient market demand for the goods and services Having the wrong team on board Inability to keep up with the competition Improper management practices. Our article will explore how to go about setting up business standards to better manage these potential developments.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

by Ryan Moore, Director of Client Management, Peak Sales Recruiting. When it’s time to hire a VP of Sales, there are a few common attributes you’re probably quick to look for. That’s exactly the kind of person you want at the helm of your sales team. Gain an Untapped Network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. The best sales meetings are discussions. Click here.

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Up and Running

APRIL 15, 2015

This is where the art of sales comes in. What exactly does sales have to do with leadership? If you ask me, sales has everything to do with leadership. This is something I discovered while leading my own sales team. Leadership and influence. This post will tell you how. Nothing more, nothing less.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2012

by Mike Staver, author of “ Leadership Isn’t For Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems ” It’s a tricky time to be a leader. You don’t have to be an out-and-out coward to let fear impact your leadership. By definition, all leaders “mess with people’s lives.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

In both cases, it’s easy for them to become frustrated and give up, since most have never been trained in change management, and don’t even know what questions to ask. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Just because Google sales hit $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Eventually you need a VP of Product to handle your product roadmap, a CTO for engineering leadership and VPs of sales, marketing & biz dev. Leadership is actually quite difficult. Of if your VP Sales isn’t complaining about marketing she’s trying to get the function reporting to her. Whose side are you on?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Meanwhile, Sales and Customer Success teams are plugging away, working remotely, as if nothing has changed. Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. Just ask your Sales team. Because for them- it’s business as usual. Read how Bezos applies this approach at Amazon.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? The right positive strategy is integral to claiming leadership as well as making it happen. The strategy must drive leadership so that leaders can drive the strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

When it comes to frontline management, you can never be too careful about how you handle yourself. This is why you need a qualification in Frontline Management in order to become a more efficient leader. As someone with a qualification in Frontline Management, you will be able to lead and manage different teams in various sectors.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2013

by Dianne Durkin, author of “ The Power of Magnetic Leadership “ What do the leaders of top companies do to create an inviting workplace filled with fully engaged and enthusiastic employees? Track Your Leadership Development Progress. Keep a leadership log to document what you do and what happens.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 20, 2021

From Amazon’s leadership principles : Speed matters in business. In the world of startups, the idea of speed is often mentioned alongside shipping products and executing company-wide sprints but rarely is it discussed explicitly within the function of Sales. You can build a great sales team from 0–20 people in 2 months.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2022

Why Great Leadership Starts With Open Hearted Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In this episode, I talk with Edward Sullivan about why great leadership starts with open-hearted conversation. 5:24] Would you say that the great resignation is a bit of an indictment on leadership? [7:23]

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s the age-old debate among start-up circles: which is more important to the success of a start-up: the strength of the sales/distribution strategy or the quality of the product? To be successful, a stand-alone company needs a top-notch product and a clever distribution/sales strategy. Today, it’s a different story.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

When you do that much stuff, and you can measure almost everything… The result is that our ecosystem of data people are returning a lot more negative data when measuring performance of Marketing, Sales, User Experience and Customer Service. Four Negative Data Leadership Archetypes. Long-term…. : (. Paul Polman. A Plan for Action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Why Sales and Marketing Need Each Other written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She is the author of two books, including the forthcoming Effective Sales Enablement: Achieve sales growth through collaborative sales and marketing. Questions I ask Pam Didner: How do you define sales enablement?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whether your sales team is brand new and ready to break into the world or you’re still in the process of building your sales team, there are a few things you can keep in mind in order to lead the very best department possible! Learn more about sales team leadership with these tips… 1. Learn to Sell Before Hiring.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is an old management adage which says that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” This saying may be true in all parts of a company, but is especially pertinent in finance. We’ve read so much about companies and businesses going under due to poor financial management.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now. For example, here are the chapters in Part Five: Sales by Anita Absey (p.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2022

If your sales group is measured on profitability, but is required to process leads from outside sources paid by volume, you have a conflict where everyone loses. Manage up the line and support your team. If key inputs are not under the control of the proper group, then they will cede accountability as well.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2018

by Kelly Riggs and Robby Riggs, co-authors of “ Counter Mentor Leadership: How to Unlock the Potential of the 4-Generation Workplace “ Millennials now make up the largest percentage of the workforce. Top-down, command-and-control leadership styles are outdated and ineffective with this modern-day workforce. and Canada.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Another of Bezos’ trademark strengths is his willingness to embrace management innovation. For example, one of the management innovations that distinguishes Amazon from all the other major tech companies is its writing culture. Many default to sales (because that’s what drives revenue) or product (because that’s what customers buy).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Sales Training Options to Help Your Small Business Succeed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Having an effective and engaged sales team is one of the keys to guaranteeing your business’s success. For most of us, though, sales skills need to be developed. Create Your Own Course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2019

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. The entrepreneurial mindset is a function of motivation, priorities, and risk versus reward, all of which you set or enable by your leadership and example.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

As soon as you start pulling together your first leadership team, you’ll be making big decisions about how to push your business to the next level and will be relying on others to share your vision and your passion. The long-term health of your startup could rest on the strength of its leadership team. Recognize leadership qualities.

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