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Vanta CRO on building a $100M+ ARR Revenue Engine – and how you can do, too | Predictable Sales Engine | Hiring Sales Talent | Selling to SMBs with Vanta CRO Stevie Case

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Stevie Case, CRO at Vanta, explains how the company surpassed $100 million in ARR in just five years by building a predictable and scalable revenue engine. From founder-led sales to structuring a global sales organization, Stevie shares actionable insights for designing a repeatable go-to-market strategy and scaling effectively.

She breaks down the importance of discovery, identifying customer pain points, and building trust, along with tips on hiring and incentivizing your first sales team. 


What You’ll Learn in This Episode
  • Key Elements of a Predictable Revenue Engine
  • Why discovery is the most critical skill for founders and sales teams
  • How to define and scale repeatable metrics for predictable revenue
  • Scaling a Sales Organization
  • When and how to hire your first sales reps
  • The importance of proper incentives and avoiding common hiring mistakes
  • Building Repeatable Sales Processes
  • How Vanta scaled from a single lead source to multiple diversified revenue streams
  • Using frameworks like MedPIC to identify and quantify customer pain points
  • Managing Revenue Growth
  • How to balance short-term wins with long-term scalability
  • The importance of focusing on a single channel or ICP before diversifying


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    Where to find Stevie:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steviecase/ 

    Website: https://www.vanta.com/ 


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    Chapter:

    (00:00:00) Similarities between Building a revenue engine & gaming

    (00:05:38) How to: Scaling after product market fit

    (00:15:29) First signals of a buyer-to-be

    (00:21:17) Mutual Sales Plan at Vanta

    (00:27:34) How to handle too small budgets & approach the follow-up

    (00:38:22) Setting boundaries vs. making everything happen

    (00:42:46) What makes a great case study?

    (00:44:45) What is a predictable revenue engine?

    (00:48:17) Never change a winning team? How long do I pursue my first lead-channel?

    (00:52:07) From what time is a revenue engine relevant?

    (00:55:04) How to avoid the overkill

    (00:58:06) The first metrics to start with

    (01:02:50) How to define a ramp-up-period

    (01:09:53) Behind the scenes of Vanta

    (01:18:49) The final advice for your revenue-engine

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