Saastr · 30 January 2021 · Operating Insight

I Hired My VP of Marketing at $20k MRR. It Wasn’t a Week Too Early.

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Hire a demand-focused VP of Marketing as early as $20k MRR—ideally once you have 2 scaled sales reps—because a great one pays for themselves through better lead management, higher revenue-per-lead, and sales team enablement, even with a tiny budget.

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