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

Pointclear

There is something of an irony at work here in that the MA offerings focus on generating inbound leads, and it’s a requirement that MA vendors need to supplant their own functionality with huge investments in outbound lead generation, lead qualification and lead nurturing if they want to achieve enterprise-level, complex sale success.

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PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

Pointclear

Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales. And they say, ‘Oh, I’m doing a great job, I’ve got Eloqua.’ The people we always talk about are the HubSpots and the Marketos and the Eloquas of the world who are driving leads. It’s hard.”.

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