TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS sales toughlove, cybersecurity survey, ‘the new venture normal’

I kept the statistics for my high school’s football team. After each game, I shared the numbers with local sportswriters, who were always impressed with the number of rushing and passing yards we accumulated. We were state champions, but those box scores...

Have enterprise buyers finally soured on ‘bottoms-up’ tech sales?

Scott Goering Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Goering is Battery Ventures’ business development partner, a role in which he collaborates with founders and executive teams to unlock opportunities within Battery’s network of corporations, partners and advisers....

3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn

Sahil Mansuri Contributor Share on Twitter Sahil Mansuri is the CEO of Bravado. My first month with a sales quota was September 2008 — not the best month for a 21-year-old to start his career by cold calling strangers and convincing them to buy a $10,000 piece of...