Sales Recruitment IndiaOctober 5, 2026•3 min readScooter raises from AJVC to fix sales hiring On a bike, what makes you go fast isn't how you pedal. It's the chain that turns that effort into motion. When one link is weak, the chain slips off the gear,…Written by Kartik Mandrekar and Saumya Seth7Read blog
Evaluating Sales TalentJuly 20, 2026•3 min readWhy "Culture Fit" Is Often Just Bias in a Nice OutfitEvery hiring debrief I've ever sat in has, at some point, someone say some version of "I just don't know if they're a culture fit." It's said with total sincer…Written by Saumya Seth0Read blog
July 10, 2026•4 min readLemons and PeachesWe were on a call about the website, and someone helping us with the redesign asked, almost in passing, where the logo had come from. I think they expected a s…Written by Kartik Mandrekar1Read blog
Evaluating Sales TalentJune 19, 2026•2 min readHow AEs Are EvaluatedAccount Executive hiring sits in an awkward middle ground. The candidate isn't junior enough that pure activity metrics tell the story, and isn't senior enough…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 12, 2026•2 min readWhat's a Reasonable Notice Period for a Sales Hire in India?Across Scooter's hiring data, immediate availability is by far the largest single bucket among sales candidates, roughly half of all candidates with notice-per…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Evaluating Sales TalentMay 29, 2026•2 min readSales Hiring : Like Bumble? We keep coming back to the same comparison in our own meetings, and I still don't know what to do with it. Someone will say it almost as a throwaway line, that…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Hiring for FoundersMay 25, 2026•7 min readThe Real Life of a Sales Hiring Process The Real Life of a Sales Hiring Process Most of the people I talk to land in one of two buckets, and they both think they're describing the same problem: "hiri…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Craft & MethodologyMay 22, 2026•3 min readArush Lakhani - Give Away the Idea That You Need to Be Liked Give Away the Idea That You Need to Be Liked Arush Lakhani took his first sales job for the least romantic reason possible: out of his MBA, it was the firm pay…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
May 18, 2026•3 min readCan This Person Sell My Product?Every sales hiring decision comes down to one real question: can this person sell my product? But most hiring processes never actually test that. Instead, they…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaMay 15, 2026•6 min readWhat 3 of the Best Sales Recruiters Think About Sales HiringEveryone's CV Says They Crushed Quota. That's Exactly the Problem. Open ten sales resumes and you'll read the same resume ten times. Same fonts, same verbs, sa…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
