Your first hire on the ground will decide your story here. It shapes everything that follows, which is precisely why it cannot be left to chance.
Victor Vatus, our founder, is French, and opened the US market while the rest of his company was still in Paris. He has since done it for more than a hundred companies coming from Europe and beyond. Expanding into the US is always a big move, and we know it from both sides of the table.
For companies expanding from France
We are French-founded, bilingual, and based in Montreal. We have installed the Sales Leaders who opened North America for up-and-coming and leading French companies: people who can win US deals and operate inside a French operation.
For international companies entering North America
If North America is your next market, we find the GM, Country Manager or Founding AE who has opened a market from scratch before, not just joined one that was already running. Proven on arrival.
Results
We have placed 400 Sales Leaders and Reps. Of the people we place, 94% are still in seat a year later, against an industry average of about 65%.
The team supported me personally when I made the move from Paris to Chicago, and helped me hire the people who figured out our U.S. sales motion and closed the first deals.
We grew extensively and the Sell Me This Pen team responded in the best way possible.
Victor and his crew built our entire US team.
Our Director of Talent, Sabrina Selimovic, and the rest of the team run these searches with Victor.
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