So I am actively looking to change jobs right now. Currently doing growth/existing business sales for a SaaS company. I've been primarily looking for a similar role at other organizations with relatively similar pay, benefits, perks, etc. just different type of products. Been in SaaS my whole sales career. Comp I'm looking at is around $80k/$100k OTE, so north of $200-250k should be pretty easy wherever I land.
On the flip side, I have a friend who just started an events and marketing company in the whisky industry, that would be selling to whisky brands to have their offerings included in tasting kits with heaps of production and programing. I have literally zero experience with this type of sales motion or industry and it's an expensive sale IMO - $100k purchase and cost of liquor for each tasting and it will get into 20,000 peoples' hands. Goal is to have 10 tastings in each tasting kit (ideally from one producer), so we're looking at $1m in sales to get things off the ground and it's starting from scratch and would only do a few kits per year. That being said, comp is $150k base with 4% commish on sales. Way less benefits, perks, etc. as it's literally a 5 person company currently.
$150k base sounds great, but I have literally no idea what's obtainable from the selling perspective. One factor of this equation is I also have a kid on the way, so I'm trying to do what's best financially long term.
Do I take the $150k base and go for the bigger risk or stick with what I know and keep pounding software deals?
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