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How Marc Benioff’s Vision for Cloud-Based Service Lifted Up the Innovations of over 3,000 Entrepreneurs

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While Benioff is not credited with creating software as a service, he is considered one of its earliest adopters and biggest proponents. In a New York Times article from 2004, author Gary Rivlin stated, “ Mr. Both of our founders knew the challenges of finding partner-led deals because they had each spent 15 years working in channel sales.

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The Cloud Marketplace Playbook: Selling on Cloud Marketplaces at Every Stage of Maturity

Tackle.io

As with any emerging sales channel, there’s a learning curve with Cloud Marketplace transactions. In addition, we’ve learned the intricacies of Marketplace by conducting 90% of our own business on the channel. . Shelly Landsmann, VP of International Sales & Global Alliances, Sisense. Alliances . Alliance managers .

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The Cloud Marketplace Playbook: Selling on Cloud Marketplaces at Every Stage of Maturity

Tackle.io

As with any emerging sales channel, there’s a learning curve with Cloud Marketplace transactions. In addition, we’ve learned the intricacies of Marketplace by conducting 90% of our own business on the channel. The experiences of a company preparing its first listing differ from those of a company with greater Marketplace maturity.

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Creating a Repeatable Sales Model in a Targeted Vertical

Phoenix Consulting Group

A Salesforce Alliance manager, Gary recounts a story that during a sales team meeting he had with a Salesforce partner, that was the only answer he got. Although I would love to take credit for that quote, it was actually the response of VP of sales when a partner described their value proposition as “we do everything”.

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Do You have a Repeatable Sales Model?

Phoenix Consulting Group

Previously on this Channel Jumpstart blog series, Gary Lam and I have discussed the importance of creating a partner program , and how to ensure your company’s culture is indeed partner-friendly. In this article, we focus on the next element in partner readiness. Their answer to every question about their services is “We do everything”.

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Busting Myths About Listing, Selling, and Managing a Cloud Marketplaces Business

Tackle.io

I’m the head of Cloud Alliances here at Dataiku, and Dataiku is an industry-leading everyday AI platform. I thought that people would come in, basically swipe their credit card or their Amazon EDP, we’d have an agreement. And it was a head count, who was Global Alliances management, focused on this.