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

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For example, Lyft’s mission statement is, “ improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.”. Typically this occurs through a funding round that helps foot the bill for things like payroll, research and development, and endless La Croixs (we’ll discuss the various stages of a funding round shortly).

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

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They don’t want to p**s off management teams that face dilution from down rounds. So you might have some companies that are in travel or transportation or hospitality that have literally called you and say, I can’t pay my bills. They’ve realized, Hey, we can work effectively as a distributed team.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

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I had never quit a job before unless it was due to a promotion or a better opportunity. Founded Why Sales Network, a global sales training company to provide valuable content to develop the next generation of leaders. Invest in your development internally and externally. Your career is what you make of it. Joyce Johnson.

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