The Ruthless Sales Culture Behind ElevenLabs Growth | Carles Reina

20VC with Harry Stebbings with Carles Reina · · 16 min

Carles Reina, VP of Sales at ElevenLabs, talks with Harry Stebbings about the aggressive sales culture behind the company's rapid growth, including a 20x base salary quota system and ruthless public accountability.

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The gist

  1. Reina sets quotas at 20x base salary as a starting point, well above the typical SaaS benchmark of 6 to 10x, then adjusts from there.
  2. Monthly pipeline reviews include spot-checking random deals for accuracy and calling out blockers publicly so the whole team learns from mistakes.

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