๐Ÿง™Best mentor for B2B SaaS Sales & Career Development?

Hi everyone!

Iโ€™m new to the WR and you crazy folks out there. Love this community already!


First some context: in the past, Iโ€™ve already gained some sales experience (e.g. selling olive oil to restaurants, working as a state certified insurance broker and financial advisor etc.), but Iโ€™m new to the B2B (vertical) SaaS world.


End of 2022, I joined a VC backed pre-seed start-up as the first employee and weโ€™re doing pretty well, currently overachieving our goals for a nice Seed round. I love the culture, great founders & customers love the product.


As weโ€™re continuing to grow, I want to grow fast on my skills, learning how to become a great seller myself but also learning how to shape a sales organization.

Connected to this, I also want to intentionally set my own career path.


Currently reading some books etc. but in the past, I strongly appreciated the support I received from my two mentors, which have been great sparring partners.


Now my ask: Do you have people in mind that might have been in the same shoes before and could give good advice? Or who do you genuinely appreciate as a sales person? It does not need to be a public coach/ influencer, but could also be your colleague.


What value I can provide: I myself am supporting a group of Highschool students from 11 schools, helping them to make the right first step in their studies & job. Therefore, good advice will be multiplied and have an impact on the life of many growth oriented people.


Thank you so much :)


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Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
First - go anonymous.
Second - contribute where you can and ask about what you want to know about. Lots of knowledge and experience here.
Third - use the search bar
jefe
Arsonist
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These are basically the commandments of the War Room.

Add in the rules on the right hand side and you're golden.

Welcome!!
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Business Development
Thanks! For some reason, I cannot click that button on my phone ๐Ÿ˜‚
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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John Barrows is the only resource you need. Also, whatโ€™s the current path to Series A at your company?
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Business Development
Thanks! Do you mean in terms of my career or for the company?
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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Your company. Whatโ€™s the path to raising their Series A and how do you quantify your impact on that journey?
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Business Development
Product & revenue wise, itโ€™s clear. When coming to my impact, it will depend, in which role Iโ€™ll develop myself. Leading the SDR Team? MM AE? Developing a new country & building the starting team? Those are all options Iโ€™m considering.
braintank
Politicker
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Enterprise Account Executive
Me
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Business Development
I donโ€™t see an inbox function ๐Ÿ˜„
wolfofmiami
Opinionated
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In the search bar look up AMAโ€™s there might be some advice in there if youโ€™re looking for sales knowledge I like the influencers like Brad Lea, Jeremy miner, Ryan serhant, Jordan belfort, cardone. They all have different selling techniques but take what you like and make it your own. For tech sales b2b Kyle Coleman has a free prospecting academy on Clari thatโ€™s pretty good, the academy in bravado also has a lot of good resources as well
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Business Development
Thanks!
Armageddon
Opinionated
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Enterprise Account Executive
My advice, if they puff their chest on LinkedIn about how great they are, youโ€™ve found the wrong mentor
derneutrale
Opinionated
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Business Development
This is sarcasm right? ๐Ÿ˜„
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