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How to Hire the Right VP of Sales for Your Startup

8 min readOct 30, 2021

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Sales recruiting is broken. The sad truth is that VP of Sales are turning over within 19 months — and that timeline is shrinking.

Not only that, the market has heated way back up and the VP of Sales is one of the most sought after roles. Yet, it’s one of the hardest to fill due to a supply vs. demand issue.

Amy Volas

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Helping SaaS startups hire executive Sales and CS leaders without the cringe ⋆ Personally closed $100MM+ ⋆ Founder/CEO ⋆ 2 Exits ⋆ LP ⋆ Sharing lessons here

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