The Science of Scaling

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Today's listener Q&A is all about scaling your culture. We want to move GTM and sales away from an uncontrollable art form to a data-driven, predictable process. And that starts at the top. Our questions is -- "How can sales culture be influenced from the top down?" Here's what you can expect: "Scalable Visibility" through inspecting every aspect of your GTM Effective coaching strategies for your sales team Hiring high-quality, best fit candidates through training and certification How to create a predictable process by identifying leading indicators I want to know what you're wondering about! Submit your question at [email protected], dropping a note on LinkedIn, or leaving a comment on Spotify. Grab the 3 Steps to a Perfect Pitch guide here https://clickhubspot.com/pitch

Today we have another mailbag question, and let me tell you: I love these. Today's question is one that's come up a lot lately for the portfolio over at Stage 2 Capital -- "How do you decide whether CS or Sales owns revenue from customers?" Here's what you can expect: Pros & cons in specializing roles between hunters and farmers A framework for decision making based on LTV captured in the first sale Designing the most motivating compensation plan The concept of Leading Indicator of Retention Why you need to collaborate with your CFO So, keep the questions coming. You can drop it to me on LinkedIn. If you're on Spotify, there's a common section. You can drop it there. You can email us at [email protected] and maybe your question will tackle next. Grab the 3 Steps to a Perfect Pitch guide here https://clickhubspot.com/pitch The Science of Scaling is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Learn more about HubSpot for Startups // Produced by Matthew Brown

Is the startup you're about to join gonna become a unicorn? That's the billion dollar question. It's so hard to tell. But one of the leading indicators of that that's rarely talked about is whether they're scaling to massive revenue through only inbound leads. It's so hard to find those companies. And if you do latch on. That's what happened with Carrie Bosworth, who a few years ago joined Checkr as the SVP of Sales. They scaled to huge revenue numbers through inbound only, but they knew it was gonna dry up. In order to keep that pace, they brought in Carrie to diversify inbound with outbound selling. She's been there for two years and in her own words: It's not so simple. Grab the 3 Steps to a Perfect Pitch guide here https://clickhubspot.com/pitch The Science of Scaling is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Learn more about HubSpot for Startups // Produced by Matthew Brown