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SammySandbags

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Gong ranked #2 on LI's Top Startups

There can only be one logical explanation to this ranking... The gong tech has breached LinkedIn and is controlling their entire org.


Jokes aside, I'm so curious why a lot of you sales savages shit on these guys. Seems like they are blowing up, but if they are posting company wide LinkedIn's that is a bit cringe.


Anyway a couple notable companies on there, but heres the top 10:

  1. Better
  2. Gong
  3. Glossier
  4. Discord
  5. Brex
  6. Clubhouse
  7. Attentive
  8. Youth to the People
  9. Outreach
  10. MikMak
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UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
12
SaaS Eater
People shit on the way Gong reps act and are nauseating on LI. I think most people on here agree the company is doing really well, its just everything else that everyone on here hates.

That being said this is just a list of SaaS companies that paid LI to get on here.ย 
paddy
WR Officer
13
Director of Business Development
Iโ€™m sus that the company is doing well. Seems like theyโ€™re just laundering human trafficking money to cook their books along with Seamless.ai
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
5
SaaS Eater
Maybe the traffic their humans to seamless @WCKย can you investigate? You're our resident expert here.
SammySandbags
Politicker
2
Account Executive
Yeah I thought #2 was a wild stretch, curious to see WCK's findingsย 
Sunbunny31
Politicker
3
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
I'm surely missing something wrt Gong.ย  Should I be spending more time on LI to see what's up?
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
6
SaaS Eater
Spending more time in LI is never the answer or a good idea.ย 
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Fed you a straight line, I did.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
Layups
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Someone's got to do it.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
3
No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Their rate of growth is pretty impressive even if I would yeet most.of their employees into the sea.ย 

poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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1. Better - 7,285 employees
2. Gong - 803 employees
3. Glossier - 439 employees
4. Discord -1,243 employees
5. Brex - 857 employees
6. Clubhouse - 123 employees (REAL STARTUP)
7. Attentive - 1,009 employees
8. Youth to the People - 73 employees (REAL STARTUP)
9. Outreach - 1,161 employees
10. MikMak - 121 employees (REAL STARTUP)

Great list of SME and Enterprise companies with enough money/influence to get onto this list...nice to include three SMB/real startup companies in the list, too.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
9
SaaS Eater
This is such a spot on call out. I have a good number of friends that work at Samsara (#15 on this list and like 1500 employees) and they act like they are a startup still but have gone through 7 rounds of funding, raised almost $1 billion and are doing like $250 mil a year in revenue. That aint a startup.ย 
jefe
Arsonist
1
๐Ÿ
Not familiar with Samsara, but that's a ridiculous way to classify yourself at that point.
jefe
Arsonist
5
๐Ÿ
This is the second thing that struck me...

The term 'startup' is thrown around so loosely these days.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
3
โ˜•๏ธ
Startups, Scaleups, VentureUps (Series D+ like Toast...now Public)...it's so convoluted.
jefe
Arsonist
1
๐Ÿ
Marketing must've got their hands in there...
Jewcan_Sam81
Politicker
0
Account Executive
100%, the definition of startup is BS and doesnโ€™t mean anything anymore
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
5
No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Clubhouse being on their is a joke and a half.ย 

Remains to be seen if they're anything.more than a flash in the pan.ย 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
๐ŸฆŠ
Exactly my first thought. How the hell is CH on the list? ๐Ÿ‘€
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
3
No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
A clubhouse member wrote this.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
2
๐ŸฆŠ
I mean, obviously ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
jefe
Arsonist
1
๐Ÿ
Yea that really struck me...
Justatitle
Big Shot
5
Account Executive
Gong is selling the shit out of their product and constantly making it better. The hate is derived from the cringe posts their reps have on LinkedIn (itโ€™s a blend of influencer and bs) anyone would love to sell a product as in demand as Gong is right now.ย 
fidelcashflow
Catalyst
2
Account Executive
Yup, agreeing with first comment. The product is great and I've literally used it at every startup. No denying that. The fucking people are beyond cringe. Makes me sick.
Diablo
Politicker
1
Sr. AE
I'm not surprised. Not difficult to figure out how to get names on the list ๐Ÿ˜œ.
MCP
Valued Contributor
1
Sales Director
I think people are sus of Gong because it makes it so they canโ€™t hide anymore. All their shortcomings are out in the open. People donโ€™t like being told theyโ€™re not as good as they thought, especially sales people.
Money
Executive
2
Head of Sales
OK, who let Amit Bendov in the War Room?

In all seriousness, def some prideful people who don't like having software telling them why they suck, but generally heard positive things from people who use it long term.

Gong has a great product that works. Their marketing strategy of swarming LinkedIn with blowhardy and cringey engagement pod bullshit is annoying when it clogs up your LinkedIn feed.
SaaSyBee
Politicker
1
Founder
I was obsessed with Gong for a long time. Our Head of Sales at my last company was always like, "Why can't we be more like Gong?!" V. annoying.

Good for them that they're blowing up. Just wondering how sustainable it'll be. Is their product really the best? Or is it just that their brand is everywhere?
AIDA
Executive
1
Business Development Manager
Really enjoying Gong, didnโ€™t think I would - love the integration with Salesforce
goose
Politicker
1
Sales Executive
I remember when Outreach was just starting and on the brink.ย  Cool to follow that company.
BlueJays2591
Politicker
0
Federal Business Dev Director
You would think Outreach would be higher on the list.ย 
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
0
Rolling 20's all day
What does everyone think? Is this a way you would go about picking a company to sell for?ย 
Obviously this is a list you can (most likely) pay to get on, but these are companies looking to keep growing and stay in the limelight.
cw95
Politicker
0
Sales Development Lead
zoooooooomย 
Donutpanda
Executive
0
Enterprise Account Executive
Love gong but holy hell worst interview process I have ever been through. Recruiting staff was totally unprofessional and rude.
Cyberjarre
Politicker
0
BDR
Never knew this story

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