Friday Fundamentals 121: Pouyan Salehi

Overview:This week on the show, we welcomed serial entrepreneur Pouyan Salehi, the co-founder and CEO of Scratchpad, the pioneer of the revenue team workspace. Prior to Scratchpad, Pouyan was the co-founder and CEO of PersistIQ, the complete outbound platform engineered for sales from the ground up. Pouyan also co-founded Lera Labs and has dedicated the last decade to improving the sales process for B2B enterprise sales reps everywhere.What You’ll Learn Lessons learned from owning a Domino's franchiseWhat problem are you solving?When you're not that hotshot kid anymoreWhy go-to-market excellence trumps product excellenceCan you pass the Mom Test?Show Agenda and TimestampsShow Introduction [00:49]Lessons learned from owning a Domino's franchise [6:33]What problem are you solving? [13:57]When you're not that hotshot kid anymore [16:16]Why go-to-market excellence trumps product excellence [24:57]Can you pass the Mom Test? [30:54]Sam’s Corner [32:50]

Overview:
This week on the show, we welcomed serial entrepreneur Pouyan Salehi, the co-founder and CEO of Scratchpad, the pioneer of the revenue team workspace. Prior to Scratchpad, Pouyan was the co-founder and CEO of PersistIQ, the complete outbound platform engineered for sales from the ground up. Pouyan also co-founded Lera Labs and has dedicated the last decade to improving the sales process for B2B enterprise sales reps everywhere.
What You’ll Learn

Lessons learned from owning a Domino's franchise
What problem are you solving?
When you're not that hotshot kid anymore
Why go-to-market excellence trumps product excellence
Can you pass the Mom Test?

Show Agenda and Timestamps

Show Introduction [00:49]
Lessons learned from owning a Domino's franchise [6:33]
What problem are you solving? [13:57]
When you're not that hotshot kid anymore [16:16]
Why go-to-market excellence trumps product excellence [24:57]
Can you pass the Mom Test? [30:54]
Sam’s Corner [32:50]

Friday Fundamentals 121: Neil Ringers

Friday Fundamentals 121: Neil Ringers

Overview:This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers, EVP of Revenue Grid.Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. Revenue Grid is mainly focused on automation and integration, bringing your calendar and email into your CRM. They've built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show.What You’ll Learn How Revenue Grid enables smarter sellingGuided selling and engagementScaling sales during the pandemicHow to build a winning sales teamShow Agenda and TimestampsShow Introduction [00:00]About Revenue Grid & Neil’s Journey [06:39]Scaling Up During The Pandemic [11:40]Developing A Winning Sales Team [16:24]The Value Of CRM Integration [22:24]Who Neil Finds Inspiration From [26:44]Sam’s Corner [29:37]

Overview:
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers, EVP of Revenue Grid.
Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. Revenue Grid is mainly focused on automation and integration, bringing your calendar and email into your CRM. They've built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show.
What You’ll Learn

How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling
Guided selling and engagement
Scaling sales during the pandemic
How to build a winning sales team

Show Agenda and Timestamps

Show Introduction [00:00]
About Revenue Grid & Neil’s Journey [06:39]
Scaling Up During The Pandemic [11:40]
Developing A Winning Sales Team [16:24]
The Value Of CRM Integration [22:24]
Who Neil Finds Inspiration From [26:44]
Sam’s Corner [29:37]

Friday Fundamentals 120: Paul Fifield

Friday Fundamentals 120: Paul Fifield

This week on the show, we welcomed Paul Fifield, the founder and CEO of Sales Impact Academy. We dive deep into how investing in learning is one of the best ways to drive sales effectiveness, and why learning programs in the profession of sales and marketing,have not existed to date. We also talk about how that's hindered our professional development, particularly because sales is such a tough job.What You’ll Learn Fred's Floors and other startup ideas that didn't make itWhy learning on the job is a horrendous idea (but we do it all the time)How people process informationWhy starting your own business isn't a get-out-jail-free cardPredictable revenueShow Agenda and TimestampsShow Introduction [00:49]Fred's Floors and other startup ideas that didn't make it [7:02]Why learning on the job is a horrendous idea [13:20]How people process information [17:44]Why starting your own business isn't a get-out-jail-free card [24:02]Predictable revenue [26:58]Sam’s Corner [31:26]