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

Pointclear

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. Could the reasons why point to similar expense paths for the marketing automation vendors looking at going public?

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Will Robots Steal Your Sales Rep Job? We Asked HubSpot Experts

Hubspot Sales

Do you remember that Will Smith movie from 2004 called I, Robot ? I see first hand the business demand to automate the lead qualification and lead nurturing processes — to move away from traditional sales tactics.". If you've never seen it, here's a very high-level synopsis of the film. I do worry about that.

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