{"id":890,"date":"2024-02-09T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saasboomi.codecrane.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2024-07-17T04:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T04:37:45","slug":"getting-the-quotas-right-for-saas-sales-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/saas\/sales\/getting-the-quotas-right-for-saas-sales-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Quotas Right for Your SaaS Sales Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-id=\"0cd08e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div data-id=\"61c4295\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"4bf30e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div>\n<p>You are just out of your board meeting and ready to chase an ambitious ARR goal for the new year. You plan <a href=\"https:\/\/saasboomi.org\/saas\/marketing\/right-gtm-framework-for-expanding-into-us-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">growth targets for your GTM teams<\/a> top-down, which get translated into quotas (revenue targets) for sales reps. You hire the planned number of reps and look set.<\/p>\n<p>The year starts. Halfway in, things don\u2019t look as rosy. You are not on track to your ARR goal. Even worse, the sales teams are super demotivated because they are way-off their quotas. They do not feel like pushing any further for the year. Ring a bell?<\/p>\n<p>Almost all founders and GTM leaders of fast-growing startups undergo this situation during the journey. The revenue growth goals always seem on shaky grounds. Also, there is this constant doubt on whether the quotas set for sales teams are ambitious, yet attainable.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Here are some learnings on sales quota setting back from my days managing Revenue Operations at Freshworks.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Caveat \u2013 The learnings are more suited to when you are $1M+ ARR and there is some <a href=\"https:\/\/saasboomi.org\/saas\/growth\/when-should-you-first-think-about-going-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">product-market fit<\/a>. Until then, quoting @Girish on something he said in a different context \u2018Focus on income first, you can worry about income tax later\u2019 ?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"499a88d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"6694276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div>\n<h3>GTM Funnel \u2013 The Holy Grail<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"e4b7cf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"b50a468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">So you are past the $1M ARR mark and have historic data to analyze. The first place to look for is your GTM funnel. At a high-level, segregate the funnel by:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Lead source:\u00a0inbound (SEO + SEM driven signups) vs outbound (SDR + Sales driven lead gen). Split partnerships-generated leads as well if that\u2019s sizable<\/li>\n<li>Deal Type:\u00a0revenue from new logos vs expansion revenue from existing customers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If there is meaningful data, you can segregate further by<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Geography\u00a0(if you operate in multiple different geographies)<\/li>\n<li>Customer segments\u00a0(employee segments or other segments relevant to your business)<\/li>\n<li>Product types\u00a0(if you have more than one),<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The key here is meaningful data. Early in the startup journey, you may not have enough data points, so don\u2019t feel pressured to dissect data by each of these segments. You can always torture your data to tell you something, but that will almost always lead you in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1079a51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"1079a51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b7cf0 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"e4b7cf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50a468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"b50a468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>In this case, meaningful data could mean that for each segregated segment, you have data for at least a 12-month period that can fill the pipeline of at least 2 sales reps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dea026 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"7dea026\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f95ecd elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"2f95ecd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e921537 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading is-mac\" data-id=\"e921537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Base Metrics for Quota Setting<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Now that you have pulled the data by segment, the next goal is to arrive at a benchmark for each of these funnel metrics<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>No. of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs)<\/li>\n<li>Conversion rate from MQLs to Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs)<\/li>\n<li>Conversion rate from SQLs to wins<\/li>\n<li>Average ACV for each of your new wins<\/li>\n<li>Average sales cycle time<\/li>\n<li>Average net revenue expansion at the end of 12 months of sales<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd4bae2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"dd4bae2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6139172 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"6139172\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2826cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"e2826cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Feed-in the benchmarks, and you have a reference benchmark by segment. Using this, you can arrive at the base quota-carrying capacity for your rep.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a simple example. Say you have 100 inbound MQLs a month in one segment and your MQL to SQL conversion is 40%. If the sales cycle is 1 month, at any point, there are 40 opportunities (SQLs) under conversation in parallel.<\/p>\n<p>So how many reps do you need to address this volume? You will probably consider the sales effort required for each opportunity, and support the reps receives on technical closure, assistance on sales enablement materials, etc. Accordingly, you may decide that a rep can handle 20 opportunities in parallel in a month and therefore you need 2 reps to support this funnel.<\/p>\n<p>Now say your SQL to wins is 25% for this segment. You expect to close about 10 deals (100 * 40% * 25%) overall. Now if the Annual Contract Value (ACV) was $4k, then revenue for the month is expected to be $40k in ARR from these 2 reps. The quota in a base case scenario would therefore have to be around $20k ARR\/month for each of the reps. You can of course bump this a few notches if you see efficiency improvement opportunities on any of the metrics.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds reasonable right. But is that all there is?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"81f09eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"91f18e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<h3>Productive Sales Capacity \u2013 The Unknow Devil<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"8670d32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"9a87f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p><b>Under-estimating sales ramp times and sales rep attrition is one of the most common mistakes that many founders and GTM leaders make.<\/b>\u00a0For a company that has a product-market fit, it is almost criminal to miss out on revenue goals because of a shortfall in the productive sales capacity. And yet, several fast-growing startups fall into this trap.<\/p>\n<p>For rep attrition, always gather historic data and categorize it by the tenure of the rep (number of months in the system).<\/p>\n<p>Ramp times are a little more difficult to estimate accurately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The thumb rule is that your ramp time = sales cycle time + training time period if the sales rep is fed with the required MQLs. If some portion of the MQLs need to be self -generated by the reps, then you need to allocate a larger ramp time proportionately.<\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81481a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"81481a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8670d32 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"8670d32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a87f73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"9a87f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Also, make sure you judiciously guide increases in quota % over the ramp time period. For example, if there is a 3-month sales cycle, giving a 50% ramping quota to a sales rep in the second month would mean that you transfer some warm SQLs to achieve this. Otherwise, the ramping quota % is just wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"9999a4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"594753e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div>\n<h3>Managing Territories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"0bfa4e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"3b90fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p>If you have set similar quotas across different reps, then you need to ensure that the territories are split equally. This means that two different territories, in theory, lead to similar results when the <a href=\"https:\/\/saasboomi.org\/saas\/marketing\/the-dos-and-donts-of-cross-border-gtm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GTM funnel metrics<\/a> are applied. This is of course easier said than done and it\u2019s a topic by itself. If there is one quick takeaway, be prepared to fine-tune territories quickly and periodically as you see new information.<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b27404 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"5b27404\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bfa4e7 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"0bfa4e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b90fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"3b90fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Also,\u00a0<b>your growth trajectory depends on your ability to split territories constantly and still apply the same quota as the unified territory with each of the split territories.<\/b> For example, this means that over a few years, you need to be able to split a single California state territory into 2 and then further into a bunch of counties and then down to pin codes. Similarly, in an inbound scenario, you might have to reduce your leads from 100 leads\/month to 80 leads to 60 leads, all the while maintaining a similar quota for your rep. This can only be done if you have a good view of your GTM funnel metrics and identify areas of optimization potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"af7dd08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"ae7083a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div>\n<h3>Quota Time Frame<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"8500275\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"396788f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p>Let us say you did all this and came up with an overall quota or goal of say $360k ARR for your Asia\/India rep selling globally. Now, how do you translate this into the frequency of quota? Should you do $30k ARR ($2.5k MRR\/month) as quota or do $90k ARR ($7.5k MRR\/quarter) as quota or do quota at a full year?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"1602e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"76a2830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64361b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"c64361b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8500275 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"8500275\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396788f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"396788f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p><b>At a high-level, always keep quota period &gt;= sales cycle period.<\/b>\u00a0For example, if your sales cycle is 90 days don\u2019t keep your quota period for less than a quarter. In this case, that will mean keeping the targets at $7.5k MRR for the quarter.<\/p>\n<h3>Don\u2019t Forget Seasonality<\/h3>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc1c8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"5bc1c8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1bb32 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"7c1bb32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9376b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"b9376b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Budget for seasonality. There are geo-related seasonality impacts on quota such as summer holidays in Europe or Ramadan in the Middle East or year-end holidays globally. There may also be some impact specific to your business such as more purchase happening end of the fiscal year to accommodate exhausting annual budget for your customer teams. Be cognizant of this and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"d93247d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"ba72981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div>\n<h3>How Do You Cross-verify the Quotas That You Have Set?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"f2b182d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"38a1784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p>If you have reps co-located in the geographies that you are selling to, Quota to On-Target-Earnings (OTE) ratio is an important metric that you should use.Say if you have set $600k ACV as Quota, and the on-target earnings for the rep are $120k (earnings when they hit 100% quota), then the Quota to OTE ratio is 5 ($600k \/ $120k). If this metric can be pushed to 6 that is great, but below 4, know that you have a problem to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Also, be aware that the Quota\/OTE ratio may not give you insights if you have reps in Asia\/India selling to other geographies such as US\/UK as there are other factors (additional marketing spend, etc.) to account for. In such scenarios, stick to conversion rates across the funnel and see if there are improvement opportunities between different segments.<\/p>\n<p><b>Another analysis that serves as a good heuristic is a histogram analysis on the quota attainment of your reps.<\/b>\u00a0There will be some reps who will be missing their goals. But if around 2\/3rd of your reps fall in the 80 \u2013 100% attainment category then consider the quota to be in the right range.<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed3739a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"ed3739a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2b182d elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"f2b182d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a1784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"38a1784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Also, remember, it\u2019s okay to have your top reps exceed the set quota comfortably. In fact, that\u2019s something that you should ensure happens, so that you align rewards with top performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"1b99796\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-id=\"a747b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div>\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section data-id=\"253f88f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div data-id=\"49d0eca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"c9bab72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p>There was a time in Freshworks history when we wanted to 3x our ARR in one particular year, after having done that successfully in the previous year. By then, we were already a decent-sized SaaS company and it was an ambitious goal in absolute revenue terms.<\/p>\n<p>We ended up doing 2.3x ARR that year. It was a phenomenal revenue growth considering our size. But our sales organization was absolutely gutted because they all missed their quotas.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s certainly not how we wanted our teams to feel at the end of such a fantastic year for the company. We did the right thing and adjusted quotas and payouts at the end of that year. And we learned a lot from that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-blk dynamic-content\">\n<div class=\"has-content-area\" data-url=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/getting-the-quotas-right-for-your-saas-sales-teams\/\" data-title=\"Getting the Quotas Right for Your SaaS Sales Teams\" data-hashtags=\"\">\n<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253f88f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"253f88f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d0eca elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"49d0eca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9bab72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor is-mac\" data-id=\"c9bab72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>It\u2019s super important to be thoughtful about how revenue goals are planned and how you translate them into quotas for sales at the start of the year. Use this guide as a starting point to think about quota setting and apply intricacies specific to your business. Start building a strong ops team to plan this out and constantly measure areas of improvement. This will not only set you up for a successful year but also, importantly, keep sales teams happy and gunning in sync for success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are just out of your board meeting and ready to chase an ambitious ARR goal for the new year. You plan growth targets for your GTM teams top-down, which get translated into quotas (revenue targets) for sales reps. You hire the planned number of reps and look set. The year starts. 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