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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

Seed: This is the initial stage of funding, and is generally used to employ the founding team and begin market research and product development. Security/Compliance: Early-stage startups are likely not going to be SOC certified. Be aware that it might not check all the boxes from a compliance/security standpoint.

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

When we actually did our market research, we found that 80% of physical therapists were still using and documenting on pen and paper back in 2007. We hit a million dollar run rate by 2010. Some compliance factors had added fuel to our fire in terms of more people wanting to adopt. We launched the company in 2008.

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