TechCrunch features Emissary in an exclusive interview with Founder & Former CEO David Hammer to talk how Emissary is changing the future of sales and how the Emissary model turns sales networking on its’ head.
There is nothing meritocratic about sales. A startup may have the best product, the best vision, and the most compelling presentation, only to discover that their sales team is talking to the wrong decision-maker or not making the right kind of small talk. Unfortunately, that critical information — that network intelligence — isn’t written down in a book somewhere or on an online forum, but generally is uncovered by extensive networking and gossip.
For the team at Emissary, that is a problem to solve. “I am not sure I want a world where the best networkers win,” he explained to me.
Emissary is a hybrid SaaS marketplace which connects sales teams on one side with people (called emissaries, naturally) who can guide them through the sales process at companies they are familiar with. The best emissaries are generally ex-executives and employees who have recently left the target company, and therefore understand the decision-making processes and the politics of the organization. “Our first mission is pretty simple: there should be an Emissary on every deal out there,” Hammer said.
