20VC: Inside Clay's Sales Playbook Scaling to $100M ARR How to Set Sales Comp Plans How to Read Sales Talent Linkedin Profiles What Profiles to Hire & Fire How to Increase Performance and Speed in Sales Teams with Becca Lindquist

Becca Lindquist is Head of Sales at Clay, one of the fastest-growing AI companies to reach $100M+ ARR. She previously helped scale dbt Labs into a category-defining data platform, building and leading high-performing sales teams. Before that, she was an early sales leader at Heap, where she played a key role in scaling the GTM motion. AGENDA: 00:00 Why most sales reps plateau—and when you should leave your company 02:45 Should you jump from SaaS to a hot AI startup right now? 05:30 How long is too long at one company—and what great tenure actually looks like 08:00 How to read a LinkedIn profile like a world-class sales leader 13:30 The biggest hiring mistake sales leaders make (and how to catch it fast) 16:00 Titles vs salary: what actually predicts a great hire 20:00 What early-stage founders must look for in their first sales hires 24:00 How to evaluate AI startups: PMF, retention, and real signals that matter 27:00 Sales comp decoded: quota, OTE, and how to design winning incentives 33:00 How to build a high-performance sales culture (and avoid a toxic one) 41:00 What makes a true champion—and why most reps get this wrong 45:00 Weekly forecasting: how elite sales teams run pipeline reviews 50:00 Are SDRs dead? How AI is really changing outbound sales 52:00 Why every rep owns pipeline—and how top teams generate it 54:30 The future of sales productivity: AI tools, workflows, and what actually works

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