Fractional AE
Hire a pre-vetted, US-based Account Executive to manage prospecting, demos, negotiations, and closing. Engagements start at $4,500 per month plus commission with contract-to-hire flexibility.
Add experienced B2B Account Executives to your startup sales team without the risk of a full-time hire. Activated Scale connects you with vetted, US-based AEs who can prospect, run demos, negotiate contracts, and close revenue. Get matched quickly, validate performance through a contract engagement, and scale your go-to-market motion with confidence.
Flexible Account Executive and sales talent services designed to help B2B startups build pipeline, close revenue, and reduce hiring risk.
Hire a pre-vetted, US-based Account Executive to manage prospecting, demos, negotiations, and closing. Engagements start at $4,500 per month plus commission with contract-to-hire flexibility.
Experienced sales professionals manage the entire sales journey, from lead generation and qualification through proposals, contract negotiation, and close for SMB, mid-market, and enterprise buyers.
De-risk your sales hire with vetted candidates who start on contract before full-time conversion. Validate performance against your buyer, ACV, and product before committing.
Support your Account Executive motion with outbound prospecting across email, phone, video, and social channels to create qualified meetings and build early pipeline.
Work with experienced sales leaders to refine go-to-market strategy, messaging, methodologies, sales process, and the technology stack your AE needs to perform.
Bring in fractional SDRs, BDRs, and Account Executives to grow revenue part-time or full-time, then scale up or down as your GTM evolves.
We start with a qualification call to understand your product, buyer, ACV, sales cycle, current pipeline, and revenue goals. This ensures the Account Executive profile matches your market, motion, and stage.
See how B2B startups use vetted sales talent to grow meetings, pipeline, and revenue faster.
"You brought on a great hire, super fast!"
"On-boarding was simple, and the terms are founder-friendly."
"Activated Scale has been a sales talent partner for over a year. Activated Scale has helped us hire fractional and full time contract enterprise sales talent. This model has been a good fit for our current stage as we expand our sales team."
"Like Toptal for Sales pros, Activated Scale's try-before-you-buy model makes building a sales team affordable and low risk. Exercising the FTE option is quick, easy and affordable."
"You brought on a great hire, super fast!"
"On-boarding was simple, and the terms are founder-friendly."
"Activated Scale has been a sales talent partner for over a year. Activated Scale has helped us hire fractional and full time contract enterprise sales talent. This model has been a good fit for our current stage as we expand our sales team."
"Like Toptal for Sales pros, Activated Scale's try-before-you-buy model makes building a sales team affordable and low risk. Exercising the FTE option is quick, easy and affordable."
"You brought on a great hire, super fast!"
"On-boarding was simple, and the terms are founder-friendly."
"Activated Scale has been a sales talent partner for over a year. Activated Scale has helped us hire fractional and full time contract enterprise sales talent. This model has been a good fit for our current stage as we expand our sales team."
"Like Toptal for Sales pros, Activated Scale's try-before-you-buy model makes building a sales team affordable and low risk. Exercising the FTE option is quick, easy and affordable."
Activated Scale helps startups add sales capacity quickly while reducing hiring risk.
Access US-based Account Executives vetted for B2B SaaS selling and startup execution.
Get matched quickly, often in 7 days or less, without lengthy recruiting cycles.
Start on contract, validate performance, then convert the right AE to full time.
Talent from companies like Salesforce, Oracle, MongoDB, Zendesk, ZoomInfo, and IBM.
Experienced sales talent for founder-led startup teams.
Activated Scale helps B2B SaaS startups grow faster by connecting founders with experienced, US-based fractional sales professionals. The company is built around a simple idea: startup sales hiring should be faster, lower risk, and easier to validate before a long-term commitment. Instead of spending months recruiting and interviewing, founders can access vetted Account Executives, SDRs, BDRs, and sales leaders who have sold at recognized SaaS companies. Activated Scale’s try-before-you-buy model lets startups test real performance in the market, then convert the best fit to full time when the timing is right. For early-stage teams, the vision is practical: reduce hiring risk, accelerate learning, and create measurable revenue momentum.
A B2B Account Executive manages revenue opportunities with business buyers. In a startup environment, that often includes prospecting, qualifying leads, running discovery, delivering demos, building proposals, negotiating contracts, and closing deals. Activated Scale’s fractional AEs are experienced in SaaS sales and can support small business, mid-market, and enterprise opportunities with deal sizes from $10,000 to $100,000+.
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