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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force. Customer needs can shift quickly.

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

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What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.