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500 Hams on Christmas: A Profile on HubSpot's Employee #6, Dan Tyre

Hubspot Sales

But wild as this might sound, Dan actually didn't start his career in sales at HubSpot in 2007 — and I was lucky enough to have the chance to talk with him about the last 45-or-so years that he spent as a sales professional and what he has learned over that stretch. billion in just nine years.

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Enterprise Sales Lessons: How I Almost Closed Google, Intuit & Oracle

Close

Enterprise sales can be a treacherous territory if you’re an inexperienced startup founder. Here’s the story of how it made my first startup go belly-up.From B2C to B2B It was mid 2007. We were a tiny team—just myself as the founder and one engineer.

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Predatory Pricing: What It Is, How It Works, & What It Looks Like

Hubspot Sales

Let's say a major retailer sells mattresses in a specific territory. Walmart and Target engaged in a price war on prescription drugs in Minnesota in 2007. In 2007, Walmart attempted to price out its competition by selling generic drugs at a loss in Minnesota. How Predatory Pricing Works.

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The Pipeline ? Shrink Your Way To Success

The Pipeline

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. logically shrink territories. logically shrink territories. April 2008. March 2008. January 2008.

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Attrition Assumptions for the 2024 SDR Plan

The Bridge Group

Option 3: Reduce the quit rate There are entire books and mountains of posts written on this topic but excluding company culture, compensation plans, inbound leads, territory splits and 50 factors that could influence your attrition rate, I'll focus on one. That can mean the difference between hitting your number or missing.

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Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the "Failure to Impact.

The Sales Hunter

Do they actually make a difference in the sales in their territory? December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Here are a couple of questions I would ask: Are your sales reps making a difference? Do your sales reps make impact on each call? How often do your sales managers go out in the field?

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The Pipeline ? Talking Long-Term ? Acting Short-Term ? Sales.

The Pipeline

December 2007. One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Territory Alignment. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Sell Better.

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