jp1989

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by jp1989 11y ago
1. If you're serious about sales, you can't go past Salesforce. Pipedrive, Base, Sage and any others are all good, but you'll eventually grow out of them. In my view, you may as well start with Salesforce. You'll grow in
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Why are salespeople fascinated with the Wolf of Wall Street?(blog.spartasales.com)
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by jp1989 12y ago
Spot on. It really does help in all aspects of company-building, and like you say - it's not an extremely steep learning curve, the basics will take you a fair way.
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by jp1989 12y ago
I think sales is a skill that mystifies plenty of HN'ers, and engineers in general. Learning to become a better salesperson is the best "growth hack" for your company. You'll need it for users/customers, journalists
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by jp1989 12y ago
Cool that this got picked up :) Would love hear what others think.
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Why we're creating an internal sales-training podcast(jamespember.blogspot.com)
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Why a SaaS CEO must carry a sales quota(medium.com)
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The Rise of the Data-Driven Sales Rep(linkedin.com)
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Do sales “war rooms” drive performance or damage your company culture?(linkedin.com)
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by jp1989 12y ago
Quite a cool idea!
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Content is King, Distribution is King Kong(swedishstartupspace.com)
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by jp1989 12y ago
Spot on.
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by jp1989 12y ago
I won't lie - I'm not 100% certain that this can be a massive business - BUT no one can deny that it brings value to early stage products/co's and will definitely bring value to the YC portfolio. In addition, you're
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Show HN: Supercharge your sales team with Sparta(new.spartasales.com)
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by jp1989 12y ago
So, to get a little but off the whole deck/fundraising thing - but how do you compare yourselves to say, Fitocracy. I just started using Fitocracy, and am really enjoying it so far. As much as I hate the word, the "gamification&qu
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by jp1989 12y ago
Promising - I think it fits a nice gap. I never really know how/where to voice my opinions on current affairs etc, so would look forward to this.
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The 3 keys to running successful sales competitions(blog.spartasales.com)
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Sales Hacker Tip #1 – Automate prospect lists(blog.spartasales.com)
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The 3 best tools for boosting sales rep productivity(blog.spartasales.com)
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Building apps in your non-native language(swedishstartupspace.com)
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Do startups take the idea of "hard work" too literally?(blog.pagepicnic.com)
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The best sales teams still use leaderboards(buildsalesheroes.tumblr.com)
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by jp1989 13y ago
I'm sorry, but I find this attitude really bizarre. You seem to confuse marketing with advertising, and even then it still feels bizarre. How are people meant to discover products, or solutions to their problems?
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by jp1989 13y ago
We're in the extremely early stages our our B2B SaaS business - and cold calling has been extremely effective so far. We've gotten great feedback and battle-tested our hypothesis on "real customers". Indeed, cold calling
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How to succeed with gender equality at a tech company(swedishstartupspace.com)
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This startup is using iBeacon (iOS7) to target customers inside physical stores(swedishstartupspace.com)
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Groupon now offers "direct bank payments" in Sweden(swedishstartupspace.com)
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This Swedish startup wants to digitalize all government snail mail in 2014(swedishstartupspace.com)
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Product, Customer Support and Adwords: The 3 keys to our SaaS Growth(medium.com)
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Optimizing your startup for profits, growth and happiness(medium.com)
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