'How to Optimise your Pre-Sales Function' with John Weisensee

Episode 5 of the Scale with Strive Podcast podcast, hosted by Scale with Strive, titled "'How to Optimise your Pre-Sales Function' with John Weisensee" was published on October 26, 2023 and runs 71 minutes.

October 26, 2023 ·71m · Scale with Strive Podcast

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Welcome to the Scale with Strive Podcast, the place where you come to listen to some of the world’s most influential leaders of the SaaS industry. 🚀 I am your host, Adam Richardson and today I’m really pleased to welcome John Weisensee, who shares his 20+ years’ experience of commercial Pre & Post Sales experience with us. An incredibly humble guy, John has had a hugely successful career having worked for household names, including IBM. But today I wanted to focus in today on ...

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Welcome to the Scale with Strive Podcast, the place where you come to listen to some of the world’s most influential leaders of the SaaS industry. 🚀

I am your host, Adam Richardson and today I’m really pleased to welcome John Weisensee, who shares his 20+ years’ experience of commercial Pre & Post Sales experience with us.

An incredibly humble guy, John has had a hugely successful career having worked for household names, including IBM.

But today I wanted to focus in today on his journey with Collibra – whom he joined when they were at Series B and took them on a journey through many funding rounds and stages of growth.

Some key takeaways for me were:

💡 How he built and scaled a Pre-Sales function from the ground-up – taking the team from 4 to 75.

💡 When he believes Pre-Sales should get involved in the sales process – and the value they bring to the customer

💡 How to target set for a Pre-Sales function and where he thinks the sweet spot is in terms of base and OTE split.

A really insightful conversation - we hope you enjoy it!

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