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Leading a GTM team

How do I turn random wins into a sales process someone else can run?

Write it down, then make it boring. Take your last ten closed deals and map what actually happened at each stage, then turn that into templates: a qualification checklist, a discovery guide, a demo structure, a pricing sheet with approved discount bands, and a definition of what a stage change requires. Add a weekly pipeline review with the same questions every time, and run loss reviews on every deal you drop so the playbook keeps improving. Do not set quotas until the process is proven repeatable, because a quota on an unproven motion just teaches you that the rep failed. The test is simple: could a competent new hire close a deal using only what you have written?

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4 resources, 2 India-specific, 4 link-checked.

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✓ Link checked India Free Intermediate

Built from a masterclass with Mohit Garg, former CRO at MindTickle, and written for cross-border companies selling from India, including how to structure SDR and AE teams for cost efficiency. Covers qualification, MEDDIC scoring, pipeline reviews and loss reviews in one place.

SaaS Playbook: Sales

From SeedToScale by Accel by Rachit Parekh long read

  • Expect 15 to 20 follow-ups: some of Mohit's biggest customers came on the 14th or 18th touch.
  • Score deals MEDDIC-style and only grant reference calls above a score of 9, treating references as scarce.
  • Set quotas only after the process is repeatable, since even great reps miss without one.
  • Many Indian SaaS companies run SDRs in India with AEs in the US for the cost advantage.
Open seedtoscale.com
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✓ Link checked Free Intermediate

Covers ICP definition, the PBC structure for running a sales call, pilot design and weekly forecasting in one place, with templates for the call scorecard and the forecast model. The most useful single page for a founder building their first process.

The Most Common Go-to-Market Questions This Expert Gets from Early Founders

From First Round Review by First Round Review with Emery Rosansky long read

  • Define ICP by operational signals, not size: for an onboarding tool, companies with 20+ open remote roles on LinkedIn.
  • Keep pilots under 90 days; if value takes six months to show, only run it as a paid pilot.
  • At ACVs of 10K dollars or less, margins look far healthier on a self-serve motion.
  • Run a monthly 90 minute forecast review plus 30 minutes a week on opportunity hygiene and close dates.
Open review.firstround.com

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