079 How a route planner can help your field sales teams & operations | Podcast with Steve Benson - Badger Maps

Badger Maps is a San Francisco-based software company that enables field sales teams to manage their territory by combining Google Maps, data from their CRM, route optimization, schedule planning, and lead generation. Connect with Steven 👇 Badger Maps: https://www.badgermapping.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbenson Tekpon is a SaaS marketplace born out of the genuine desire to help people change how they consume and purchase software products and services. Tekpon has behind a team of enthusiastic tech lovers whose main goal is to help users boost their lives and businesses with the right software. Connect with Tekpon ⚡ Website: https://tekpon.com SaaS Entrepreneurs & Startups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tekpon The topics we've discussed 🕐 00:00 Intro 00:15 What is Badger Maps? 00:55 The problem sales teams are facing 01:13 Badger Maps features 01:50 Badger Maps integrations 02:16 Who can use the product? 02:47 Happy customers  03:37 How do you differentiate from Salesforce maps? 04:50 Starting the company 05:45 The team & angel investors 06:10 $2.5M in debt 06:27 Why you should consider debt 07:10 What to look at before taking debt * 08:54 Have you found product market fit? 09:26 The pandemic was their biggest challenge 10:01 Make sure your customers are happy - best growth tactic * 10:52 What is your vision for Badger Maps? 11:38 What is your story, Steve? 12:27 Podcast for field salespeople 13:10 Why creating a podcast is a great strategy 13:45 Focus on understanding the product you're selling 14:40 Favorite software 15:00 Get 2 months for free