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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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Why Confidence in Selling Matters with Lauren Bailey, Factor8

Igniting Sales Transformation

Outsource should be your new mantra :). Lauren has worked with in-house and outsourced sales teams selling outbound, inbound, via chat, direct, field-teamed, & channel. Lauren founded Factor 8 in 2007. You can hear more from Gavriella and other Microsoft leaders, on the Microsoft Partner Network podcast.