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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 44 – Christian Maurer

The Pipeline

Then followed a career as an employed trainer and consultant for sales effectiveness; first with the boutique consulting firm “Target Market System” which then became OnTarget before it was absorbed by Siebel Systems where he first held the positions of Business Consulting Director and then Solution Practice Director.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Is Your Product Obviously Awesome? with Expert April Dunford (S5Ep13)

Alice Heiman

Most of those startups were acquired (DataMirror to IBM, Janna Systems to Siebel Systems, then SAP, Watcom to Sybase via Powersoft, to name a few), and I ran big teams at IBM, Siebel, Sybase, and others. I led teams at seven successful B2B technology startups. The total of those acquisitions is more than two billion dollars.

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The Evolution of CRM: What’s Next?

Miller Heiman Group

The first major wave of computer-based CRM hit in July 1993, led by Tom Siebel, who designed the landmark on-premise CRM product, Siebel Systems. Expertise on individual accounts was the name of the game.

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Using Salesforce to Track Sales Commission: The Pros & Cons

The Spiff Blog

It almost completely demolished its largest, non-Saas competitor, Siebel Systems, over a period of five to six years. Salesforce started 20 years after VisiCalc, in 1999. The company was a pioneer in Internet-delivered software as a service, or SaaS. Salesforce brought all of the benefits of modern enterprise software over spreadsheets.

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How a Customer-Centric Framework Can Drive Massive Growth for Your B2B Sales Org

Vendor Neutral

Jim spent over 30 years in enterprise software sales and sales management, leading high-performance teams at ADR, CA, Siebel Systems, and HP Software with a focus on value selling. Jim Berryhill, DecisionLink Jim Berryhill is the Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder of DecisionLink.

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TSE 1281: Salespeople Love / Hate Relationship With CRM and How To Get Value From It

Sales Evangelist

He started his software sales career with Siebel System, the first enterprise CRM and from there, Kevin spent 11 years at SAP and due to an acquisition, also spent time with Oracle. What is a CRM? Starting with Siebel Systems, Kevin hasn’t seen much change in CRMs. It still has the same basic model for accounting opportunities.

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CRM Is Dead! Long Live CX!

SugarCRM

Thirty years ago, CRM software meant tracking contacts and sales deals on your laptop with Act, Goldmine, or Siebel. Take a moment to reflect on the evolution that CRM technology has gone through. Customer service software was a distinct software category with companies like Scopus and eGain.

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