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SaaStr published Carles Reina's account of $0 to $600M+ ARR in 41 months, broken into $0-100M in 20 months, then $100-200M in 10, $200-330M in 5, and $330M-600M+ in 6. Quota is set at 20x base salary with attainment averaging 167% per quarter. POCs pay no commission whether they're $20K or $20M. Reina also argues outcome-based pricing works as a campaign to kill negotiation friction, then gets discounted for commitments rather than held as permanent list price. Comp design is where these companies actually decide whether agents replace or amplify the rep, and this is the first place I've seen it stated plainly.
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