Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The concept of coaching is different from sales training: sales training is usually the same for everyone, while coaching is based on the individual needs of each rep. As coaching expert Matt Cameron says , the difference between training and coaching in sales is a lot like the difference in professional sports.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This makes sense given the likely resource constraints and the value to be gained from getting in front of customers from day one. As Jason Lemkin puts it , “The CEO/founder should close at least the first 10 (or 20 or whatever) customers. What matters is that somehow, someway, you still get those 10 paying customers closed.”.

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Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Even more impressive, we've scaled a 50-person Sales team that was almost entirely inbound when I started to a proper inbound/outbound Sales Org with well over 300 people, comprised of Acquisition, Customer Success, Growth and Onboarding. "In General sales support. Sales content. Competitive/market intel.

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Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Even more impressive, we've scaled a 50-person Sales team that was almost entirely inbound when I started to a proper inbound/outbound Sales Org with well over 300 people, comprised of Acquisition, Customer Success, Growth and Onboarding. "In General sales support. Sales content. Competitive/market intel.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2019

Only then will you have the foundation to consistently win new customers, upsell existing ones and see the kind of predictable growth that’ll be the making of your company. An efficient and profitable sales org is the product of many strategic decisions – who you’ll hire, what you’ll pay them, how you’ll onboard and train them, and much more.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

If you’d like to hear more, you can listen to our full conversation above, or read Jeanne’s insights below. But as a startup starts to grow into a mature organization, growth aspirations naturally lead to the desire to expand to more lucrative customers, at which point the self-serve model reaches its limits. What’s not to like?

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