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The Basic 4 “New Logo” Sales KPIs for CROs at Growth-stage SaaS

As the simplest metric, here are the most fundamental 4 “New Logo Sales” KPIs every CRO or an EVP of Sales should focus on improving (all are by product, customer segment, etc.). Increase the # of New Opportunities in the Sales Pipeline Increase the Win Rate Increase the $ASP Reduce… Read More >

5 Key Aspects of Successful B2B SaaS Companies (PE)

Every successful fast-growing B2B SaaS company has to have a large TAM (Total Addressable Market) and lots of greenfield upside in that TAM. But there is more to the best of Growth-stage SaaS – based on what I’ve seen of the best companies where I’ve been on the executive teams… Read More >

Top Signs a PE CRO Must Troubleshoot the Sales Strategy

Several times a year you must do a quick checkup and get a gauge on whether you need to rethink your Execution or troubleshoot your SaaS Sales Strategy. This is primarily about the “New Business” deals/sales rather than expansion sales (i.e. not as much about AM/CS driven renewals or upsells… Read More >

Personal Note: Warren Buffett’s Advice When We Met

This weekend marks the 90th birthday of Warren Buffett who is one of the greatest investors and one of the wisest and highest-quality people I’ve met in my life. And he is one of my few role models. Back in 2004 when I was finishing my MBA, I was fortunate… Read More >

How to Audit Your Sales Team to Identify Upside Unlock & Growth Opportunities

Assessing Your Sales Force Strength to Identify Upside for Growth As a CRO, you need to know how to audit/assess your overall B2B Sales & Revenue Growth capability and team strength. Typically I start with my simple “People / Pipeline / Process / Performance / Plan” approach. But for a… Read More >

The Sales Scaling Formula (for New Customer Acquisition) – for Growth-Stage, PE-Backed SaaS

A couple of years ago I presented at the annual Sales Acceleration Summit about “The Science of Sales” (InsideSales.com posted the presentation on Slideshare). This relates primarily to New Logo / New Customer Acquisition – the The Magic Sales Formula is the “SaaS New Logo Sales Growth Formula”: Here… Read More >

How PE-Backed CROs Should Develop a Sales Strategy – an Operating Plan for Your SaaS Sales Team

In the past, I discussed what companies should include in their “Strategic Plan” which focuses on the “Corporate Strategy“. Of course, the right sequence requires the executives to craft their Corporate Strategy first (i.e. should be planned and finalized first before any other business functions craft their strategy) – it… Read More >

PE – Random Notes on Key Traits of Successful PE Investors

Here is what great PE professionals have that I’ve observed in the past several years but also going all the way back to my days in Investment Banking working with some investors we represented, to the days in VC and learning from our team as well as many other investors… Read More >

PE Value Creation – “Systems” to Systematize & Operationalize Sales

If you aiming to build a “sales machine” that generates repeatable, predictable, scalable and sustainable revenue and growth, you need to first systematize your sales – i.e. you have to develop a System for yourself. Such system, just like coaches develop for their professional sports teams, in turn comprises several sub-systems and… Read More >

The CRO Blueprint for Scaling Growth-Stage B2B SaaS Sales (How To Scale Fast, but Capital-Efficiently)

The Blueprint for Scaling Your Sales I want to share a blueprint for how to think about scaling. Scaling means that you are looking for “disproportionate growth results”. This post is not meant to be tactical and it doesn’t cover any techniques but is primarily a general blueprint for going… Read More >

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