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The time of "growth at all costs" is over

SBI Growth

Even with a promising outlook in sales pipelines for the coming year, many CEOs still feel the need to err on the side of caution and stay focused on EBITDA rather than pursue growth more aggressively. This seemed to be the general consensus among participants at SBI’s latest CEO Growth Forum.

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Don’t Stop Your Pricing Program After the Initial Improvement in EBIDTA?

SBI Growth

As part of your financial Strategic Objectives, you kicked off 2018 with a new Pricing Strategy to ensure your organization reaches their EBITDA goal. Fast forward to the present, H2 just finished and your Sales Leader is panicking. Top Line.

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SBI’s February 2019 Private Equity Newsletter

SBI Growth

PE firms invest because they know that additional capital will drive EBITDA and revenue, or they would not do it. Why Do PE Firms Care About Customer Experience? So how does customer experience play into that investment strategy? It is a.

Revenue 168
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The Interview….

Partners in Excellence

Dave: Thanks for the opportunity to speak, I’m sure I can have a great impact in driving growth in your sales organization. At the end of the year we had grown to 50 AEs and sales people. Our sales cycle was about 15 months. CEO: What percent of your sales people made quota last year? Dave: It was roughly 11 months.

Scale 110
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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 51 – Richard D. Janezic

The Pipeline

Richard “Rick”Janezic is Chief Sales Officer for StrikeZone Sales Systems, a management consulting and sales productivity improvement company focused on helping executives, investors and boards of small and middle market B2B firms to increase financial strength and valuation.

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Is Sales Adding A Premium To Intrinsic Revenue Growth?

The Pipeline

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

Revenue 370
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Building Financial Acumen as a Sales Professional

Janek Performance Group

” a new sales hire proudly told me early in my sales management career. ” This article explores basic financial terms and why sales reps need to learn them. As a principal of a sales training organization, I’ve learned that the more competent I am with finance and accounting, the better I can communicate value.

Margin 62