On this episode of the Traction podcast, host Lloyed Lobo of Boast.AI welcomes Craig Nile, VP Sales at Codat.

With experience helping grow some of the biggest names in SaaS, such as Salesforce and Slack, Craig shares the playbook for building and scaling enterprise sales teams from zero to a billion.

Specifically, Craig covers:

1:47 - The backstory behind the journey into sales

7:25 - When is the right time to bring in a sales leader?

11:10 - What the first 90 days look like as a new sales leader

14:13 - How smaller companies should think about sales quotas

19:06 - Key hires a sales leader should make

24:20 - What percentage of quota a BDR is responsible for generating

27:35 - Key traits for a BDR

29:55 - What quotas and comp look like for an account executive

33:32 - Favorite two questions to ask when interviewing sales reps

37:56 - Leading indicators to watch out for to make sure reps hit their numbers

42:16 - Favorite way to help account executives during sales cycles

48:13 - Different selling styles and when to use them

56:37 - How to enable a sales team

1:00-59 - How to leverage account-based marketing

1:08:33 - Advice for founders that doesn't get enough recognition

Learn more at https://tractionconf.io

Connect with Craig Nile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craignile/

Learn more about Codat at https://www.codat.io/

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