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Ditching 'More is More' to Increase Sales Team Effectiveness by 50%: Teamwork.com’s Story

Hubspot Sales

In 2007, our founders started a web agency, building websites and other solutions for clients. We had to keep hiring more people, but we weren‘t getting the most out of the people we had, so we were basically throwing away profit by not optimizing productivity. It’s helped us increase productivity, efficiency, and profitability — fast.

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Selling to the Enterprise: Why You Need Salespeople

Sales Readiness Group

Well, Dropbox , the file storage company, founded in 2007, grew its revenues to $116 million by 2012. So, did Dropbox discover a better (and more profitable) mousetrap? Imagine achieving phenomenal sales growth with no salespeople. Impossible? Its sales then rocketed to $1.46 billion by 2018.

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Why Is Solitude the Secret to Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)?

Analytics-Based Performance Management

A McKinsey LLC study reported that 460 companies of the S&P 500 reported at least one annual fiscal loss between 1998 and 2007. I suspect the number may be even larger since 2007. The value of solitude Deresiewicz began his lecture by asking, “What does solitude have to do with leadership? Enough poor decisions can add up.

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How Marc Benioff’s Vision for Cloud-Based Service Lifted Up the Innovations of over 3,000 Entrepreneurs

PartnerTap

With his leadership, Salesforce has continued to innovate and shape the software and cloud computing industries. They have cornered the tech service market and their profits continue to grow. Benioff decided then and there that any tech company he founded would need to have a culture built around servic e.” Fast forward two decades.

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14 Pro Tips for Running a Successful Business

Hubspot Sales

We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009. Before anything else, develop the leadership qualities necessary to build your business's long-term vision. On the flip side, only 8% are opened. Source: Capterra. Make a plan.

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Shareholder vs Stakeholder: What's the Difference?

Hubspot Sales

For instance: They receive dividends — regularly paid distributions of company profits — for their investments. Shareholder theory, also known as the Friedman doctrine, rests on the notion that businesses' first (and only) responsibility is to maximize shareholder profits. What is shareholder theory?

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Agency processes and client management, with Rob Da Costa

Account Management Skills

Rob started his PR agency in the early nineties and after eleven years he had built it up to 25 people, at which point he sold it and started Da Costa Coaching in 2007. Da Costa Coaching helps agency owners build their business in a profitable, sustainable and enjoyable way. Rob Da Costa Not really. Rob Da Costa Yeah, I do actually.