{"id":949,"date":"2015-02-16T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2015-10-07T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T03:22:32","slug":"every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"What Every SaaS Company Must Know to Sell in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought about what it would take\u00a0to localize a product to sell in an international market?<\/p>\n<p>As a former economist who has worked and lived in 7 different countries, I had some idea about\u00a0the numerous obvious challenges in localization such as language, culture, business and trade laws. However, after talking to European B2B sales expert Marcus Ross, I learned so much more about localization and how SaaS differs in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Ross\u00a0is an experienced serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He founded several companies and held\u00a0many C-Level positions. Marcus focuses on early stage investments and supports them with his 15 years of experience in founding, building and leading internet businesses. His companies include for example eKomi (European leader in social commerce technology), Delivery Hero (one of the largest online food ordering platforms worldwide) and several YCombinator companies in the US.<\/p>\n<p>I met Marcus Ross a few months ago when I was giving a talk at Sales Hacker Berlin. Marcus was also presenting at the conference, and had one of the most impressive and insightful talks I had seen in a while, and so I made a point to connect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/marcus-ross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-953\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/marcus-ross.jpg\" alt=\"SaaS in Europe--Marcus Ross\" width=\"379\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/marcus-ross.jpg 570w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/marcus-ross-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the interview from the followup conversation I had with Marcus about how to localize and sell a SaaS product in the European market.<\/p>\n<p>In our interview, Marcus also\u00a0discusses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to keep your team competitive as you scale<\/li>\n<li>How to build a sales organization from 1 to 250<\/li>\n<li>Why Salesforce is so successful<\/li>\n<li>Top mistakes for SaaS founder to avoid<\/li>\n<li>What to look for when hiring your first sales people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vB6g2vwkfc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-949\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-949\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-949\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/every-saas-company-must-know-sell-europe\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought about what it would take\u00a0to localize a product to sell in an international market? 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