ExtremeVibeChecker44

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Anyone Worked for a Non-Profit?

Interviewing rn for a company selling software to non-profits. Wondering if anyone has ever been in this space and could share their experiences? The potentially huge problem I see is that non-profits...Don't have profits. Budget fucks over a lot of deals to start with, so I'm wondering what selling to non-profits is like. Thanks all!

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GDO

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BDM

1 big benefit selling to non-profits. At some point some of them will have too much money and they will be looking to buy.

Most non-profits do not like to have too much additional cash.

Especially when they are governement subsidised, then they need to use their budget otherwise nexts years budget goes down.

softwaresails

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Sales Manager

That is a classic misconception about non-profits. Just because they are a non profit it doesn't mean they have no money.

There are plenty of non profits with loads of cash. However, there are also non profits that have no money.

I also hate selling to non profits. Never straight forward. Always a board or committee you need to sell to as well.

ExtremeVibeChecker44

Arsonist

Inside Sales

Is it common for a non-profit to need an outside org to sign off?

softwaresails

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Sales Manager

Not an outside org, no. But it's typically a board of directors, or a committee, within the organization.

Nairobi

Politicker

Echo this. I worked at a small non-profit and it was making $5M per year so I cannot imagine how much the bigger ones are making.

Tres

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Account Executive

I've sold to a few and in my experience the overall deal sizes were smaller (because they were getting non-profit discounts), but the margins were the same if not higher than on our Enterprise customers.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Did you take the job? I've always wondered about non profits.

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Anyone Worked for a Non-Profit?

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