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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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End of Year Software Discounts: Savvy Cost Saving or Short-Sighted Business Move?

Sales Hacker

For example, in the reference above, Apple doesn’t technically discount their technology on Cyber Monday. For example, Peter Kazanjy , Cofounder of Atrium HQ , suggests saving on commodities but splurging when there’s a superior differentiated solution. This is reasonable and it could still be a great product. Hope it is helpful!

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

How does Kyle advise founders when it comes to making your first sales hire? Kyle Parrish: To reference that sales learning curve article that I mentioned earlier, I think for me early on, especially with our product, we’re selling to a technical audience. ” How do you advise them and what does that look like?

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How to Close the Enterprise When You’re Just a Startup (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

Somebody may have a title, they may have a CTO, CEO, co-founder, or whatever. Could somebody come in and help with a technical conversation? Can you advise or propose what step I need to do next? Again, I am a cofounder at Kronologic, we are a calendar monetization engine. Look for, what are they good at?

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These 36 RevOps Leaders Have Something (Great) to Say

Sales Hacker

It’s not all technical. He is also a board member for the New Technical Fund whose mission is to fund organizations that enrich people with skills using new technical methods. She advises organizations to change their beliefs around change and to increase the level of organizational accountability. Check it out.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

I started my training on the technical side, thinking I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, in particular, thinking I wanted to do research. He had worked as a CTO at a startup when he dropped out of school. Karl, what would you advise me in terms of embracing it, getting over it, kind of really dealing with it, in many ways?

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

Sales Hacker

Nikki Ivey is Cofounder of SDRDefenders and Head of Growth Development at Cultured Perspective, a Black owned Startup Consultancy. “An entrepreneurial leader and advisor from a technology background. You don’t have to know it all; seek feedback from trusted advisors. No one does it alone. Nikki Ivey. Hannah Rawls.

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