281: The #1 priority for a VP Sales that most people get wrong (hiring)

Daniele Di Nunzio joins Collin Stewart on this episode of the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how to hire SDRs and AEs and what to look for in your first sales hire.

 

Daniele is the VP of Sales at Storyly, a user engagement platform to embed Stories content in mobile apps and websites. Highlights include: what most VP of Sales get wrong (7:49), how the founding sales team can make or breaks the company (10:17), the underestimated cost of bad hiring (20:10), why your sales hiring process needs to be measurable (31:45), the importance of context questions in interviews (32:10), the #1 characteristic to look for when hiring salespeople (45:04), why you shouldn’t ask candidates to pitch your product during interviews (49:08), uncommon traits to look for in salespeople (1:00:34), what to look for as a VP of sales in choosing a company to work for (1:05:55), and who to hire first as you transition out of founder-led sales (1:13:57).