What kind of sales staff do I need? Where do I put them? Inside or outside sales? Field applications and service? Should I use a distribution partner? Who will coach and manage them? This and many other questions arise when your ready to commercialize and represent your product and company to your target customers. I'll help you work through the various channels, insourcing vs outsourcing, and how to standardize the delivery of your product to market.
Once you've decided the roles you need, you then need to determine if you'll organize by position type or geography. One must balance ensuring each role is executing to their R&R's, they are getting the resources, mentoring, and training they need, and management has a systematic way to determine where resources are allocated to deliver company goals.
The where, when, and how your staff is placed across the respective geography to deliver the intended customer value should be driven with data-driven decision making. Deciding on position types (inside vs. outside), overhead (staff vs. outsourced), or channel partners enable organizations to achieve goals with the greatest ROI and customer NPS.