GTM 68: Klaviyo's Blueprint for Sales Success of $25M to $450M+ Growth with Sean Marshall
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GTM 68: Klaviyo's Blueprint for Sales Success of $25M to $450M+ Growth with Sean Marshall

During Sean's most recent operating role he spent 4.5 years as SVP, Global Sales at Klaviyo. He helped scale the sales organization from 15 to 300 people, while growing annual recurring revenue from $25m to over $450m. Prior to Klaviyo, Sean served in enterprise sales roles at Localytics, Yammer (acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B) and SuccessFactors (IPO & acquisition by SAP for $3.4B). He was one of the first few reps hired at Yammer to sell into the Fortune 500, responsible for closing some of their largest, 7-figure contracts. In 2022 Sean made the switch from operator to investor, currently serving as Managing Partner at Perkins Cove Partners. Over the last few years he has advised and invested in many B2B SaaS companies, particularly focused on helping with Go-To-Market.

What You Will Learn:

The importance of leveraging your connections.Strategically pulling in every sales team within your org to orchestrate deals.How to hire the best AE's for your company.How to be an effective storyteller.Optimizing different parts of your funnel in order to extract incremental dollars.