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Sales Talk for CEOs: Is Your Product Obviously Awesome? with Expert April Dunford (S5Ep13)

Alice Heiman

Most of those startups were acquired (DataMirror to IBM, Janna Systems to Siebel Systems, then SAP, Watcom to Sybase via Powersoft, to name a few), and I ran big teams at IBM, Siebel, Sybase, and others. This podcast is a must listen and her books are both must reads. 39:07] Cross functional team approach to positioning. [42:45]

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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

DialSource

In contrast, inside sales reps spend the vast majority of their time at the office, or more recently, in a work-from-home environment , relying on remote-friendly channels to sell. As stated by Tom Siebel, CEO of C3.ai, Back in 2017, Sales Benchmark Index conducted more than 12,500 buyer surveys, across 19 industries.