Sales Management

The Future of Sales Management Hillary Anne is the Senior VP of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at high-growth tech company Verse.io. A career sales leader, she now oversees multiple teams of managers and sellers for the conversational enablement platform. We sat down with Hillary to get her take on management and automation in technology sales. […]

Verse.io is a technology company that helps small businesses with lead conversion through AI-powered conversations, and is a happy BuyerSight customer. We spoke to Jake Douglas, Senior Director of Sales at Verse.io, about his experience with BuyerSight and how the platform helped him improve team performance and grow sales. With BuyerSight’s guidance, Jake was able […]

Growing as a Sales Leader Kevin Sieck is a go-to-market expert and mentor for the MIT Venture Mentoring Service. Kevin has built professional sales teams from the ground up for both Fortune 500 companies and VC-backed startups. Most recently, Kevin has developed expertise in predictive analytics and enterprise data strategy. We sat down with Kevin […]

Managing Individuals, Individually Eric Rosenthal is an experienced Sales Leader and Chief Revenue Officer who recently founded the sales leadership consultancy BlueSky Revenue Group. Previously, he led sales at Emissary, Audience.ai, CAKE Software, and CrowdTwist, among other senior sales roles at technology companies. We sat down with Eric to get his take on fostering peer […]

The Modern B2B Sales Play As a C-level sales leader and entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience, Jake Dunlap has developed and led multiple high-performing sales and operational functions. Before founding Skaled Consulting, Jake previously ran sales at Nowait (acquired by Yelp), Chartbeat, and Glassdoor.  We sat down with Jake to get his […]

Two Types of Sales Reps Kent Summers is a seasoned technology executive with 30 years of contributions to the Boston entrepreneurship community. Today, Kent focuses his time on helping founders navigate the startup world and teaches B2B sales classes at both Harvard and MIT. We sat down with Kent to discuss the transition from outside […]

Building Culture and Securing Buy-in from Your Team Jason Lalk is the Vice President of Sales at CloserIQ, a talent strategy firm that’s recommended by top VCs such as Sequoia and DFJ. CloserIQ has helped over 500 companies build their sales and engineering teams. Jason joined CloserIQ as the very first employee in 2014, and […]

Sales Rep of the Future: Half Man, Half Machine Seth Dehart is a consultant and advisor to tech companies in Europe with 16 years of sales and sales management experience. Recently, Seth was the VP of Sales at Framer in the Netherlands and led sales teams at Revinate in both the US and Europe. We […]

Prospecting for new channel partners is one of the more complex things you can ask a sales development team to do. For teams that have previously focused on direct sales, important questions to consider include “what is our ideal channel partner,” “how do we measure partner success,” and “how do we qualify potential partners.” These […]

The sales one-on-one (1:1) is a hard conversation to do well. Too often, it just becomes a “how can I help” moment with little long-term value for the direct report. That is a huge wasted opportunity, as a 1:1 is one of the most effective tools a sales manager has to impact outcomes (that is, […]