Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early sales hires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep? 31:55 Hiring for grit, curiosity & determination. What does Joe look like at that time?

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If you have used or heard of the wonders of ChatGPT, you are already aware of the importance of text annotation because it is behind the marvels of ChatGPT as well as other similar types of generative machine learning tools. Without an NLP pipeline, no data can be processed for the machine to learn and produce a desired response.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

In a recent conversation, we laughed about how tough it is to stay up with the AI Emergence, and I pointed out that it’s almost a full time job just keeping up with him , let alone everything else happening in the AI world. Willison is prolific, to no small degree, because he’s skilled at applying tools like ChatGPT.)

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2025

AI User Adoption Is Literally Unprecedented We know this, but still, the numbers do sort of blow your mind: ChatGPT: 0 to 800MM weekly users in 17 months (vs. Netflix’s 10+ years to 100MM) Time to 100MM users: ChatGPT (2 months), TikTok (9 months), Instagram (2.5 The Scary Part: Energy consumption is exploding.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To improve the efficiency of spend on cost of goods sold (COGS), most growth-stage leaders can optimize seat-based spend or renegotiate consumption-based contracts in a quarter or 2. Measuring the efficiency of S&M spend is usually a matter of quantifying LTV:CAC , and most tech companies can identify inefficiencies within 2 quarters.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Contact data became a commodity, and the more we reached out, the less we connected. billion on basic account and contact data, yet every company and sales rep has access to the same information. When everyone has access to the same data, it loses its competitive edge. Like chatGPT but more powerful, built just for sellers.

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