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Olivier Simonis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
260 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So how many carry a quota, about 15, 30?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

At the moment, the sales team is about eight people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Eight people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

One of the big things is scaling your sales team, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So how do you think about hiring new sales reps, ramping them up?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

What quota do you give them in the first year?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Yeah, that's a good question.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

No, because we...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

We are, as I mentioned, pretty strong in continental Europe or the questions that we are now asking ourselves is what about UK?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

I mean, biggest digital marketing market in Europe.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

And for this now, we are waiting the options of hiring people in the UK.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

working with partners locally.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

And to answer your questions, when we have quota-based sales guys, the average monthly MRR that we

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

ask them to bring in is around 3,000 US dollars of new MRR.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Of course, with a ramp-up period.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

In the first 12 months, if they add three grand each month for 12 months, that's $36,000 of new MRR or about half a million of ARR in the first year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Yeah, except that, of course, there is a ramp-up period.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So we...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

don't accept anything from them the first six months.