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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

Cultural leaders—athletes, entertainers, and executives—have evolved beyond mere financial backers to highly-engaged strategic partners and advisors for a company’s growth. For example, an executive may have a large and engaged following on LinkedIn but not be active on Instagram. Customers can smell inauthenticity a mile away.

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The 9 Worst Sales Mistakes Founders Should Avoid

Point Nine Land

Trying to Figure It All Out Yourself Without a Sherpa-Guide Okay, so you’re a technical or product founder. The best-performing startups led by technical or product founders also have investors or advisors who guide them through the early days (and often later years) of their journey. Which are you?

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The (New) New ABCs of Selling — Alignment, Belief, and Consistency

Sales Hacker

For salespeople, this means feeling aligned with why they’re selling a product or service and authentically engaging with customers. Norbert Orlewicz, business and marketing consultant, trainer, and cofounder of MyLeadSystemPro, says: “Sales can be a calling when it is an extension of a deeper purpose.

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These 36 RevOps Leaders Have Something (Great) to Say

Sales Hacker

It’s not all technical. She is very engaged in sharing fellow RevOp leaders posts and advice so you know you’ll be in the loop. Super engaged with the RevOps community, she opens up discussions on many pertinent questions like, who should run commissions : RevOps or Finance? Want a bit more context? Check it out.

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15 Communities for Creators to Help You Connect, Learn, and Find Brand Partnerships

Buffer Resources

“While the Kitchen offers both, our main value, according to members, is the live and asynchronous coaching and collaboration with the Kitchen’s cofounders and other experienced, creative peers to ensure you produce stronger work.” According to their site, the community is a hybrid that goes beyond community and classes.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

An engaging speaker and innovative seminar leader, Joanne is changing the business of sales. Jo-Anne Jaspen i s a passionate growth strategist, B2B revenue leader, mentor, and startup advisor. Kasey Jones – Cofounder, CEO + Growth Strategist at BetterGrowth. She is a regular speaker in some of the top sales conferences.