Startup Strategy
How to Best Position Your Company for Expansion Capital: Go Lean!
I generally write about my dealings with portfolio company management teams offering sales and marketing support, so I thought that...
by Brian Zimmerman
Startup Strategy
Want to move up in your company? Here are some tips:
I recently spent a lot of time with the sales teams of our expansion stage companies. It is very refreshing...
by Brian Zimmerman
At OpenView
Top 3 things at Openview Labs I'm thankful for this holiday!!
I try to offer a lot of operational support and share ideas about the mechanics of a sales process, sales...
by Brian Zimmerman
Startup Strategy
Key Areas of Sales Execution
I am very excited to be hosting the OpenView Labs upcoming Sales Execution Workshop. One of the key objectives of...
by Brian Zimmerman
Customer Success
Are You Maximizing Your Prospecting Effort?
Is Prospecting Part of your Sales Process? In almost everything you do as a business, operating efficiently and at maximum...
by Brian Zimmerman
HR & Leadership
How to Incentivize Your Incentive Plans
Do Fair Incentive Plans Exist? One common issue for almost all expansion stage software companies is the need to create...
by Brian Zimmerman
Startup Strategy
Building a Sales Team through the Expansion Stage
When working with our management teams at our expansion stage companies in our portfolio, we are often focused on the...
by Brian Zimmerman
Sales
Sales Complexity is Destroying Your Startup’s Viability
I found an interesting article by For Entrepreneurs about how sales complexity damages a startup’s viability.  There were many great...
by Brian Zimmerman
Customer Success
How to Keep the Forecast Review Simple
When I work with some of the less experienced managers at our venture capital firm’s portfolio companies, I try to...
by Brian Zimmerman