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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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I was a sales person at HotJobs, but after we went public I helped open up an office in Los Angeles, and lived in Los Angeles for eight years. The, I moved back to LA and helped build out our strategic account management and our strategic sales team for HotJobs. So you think startups hire a sales person and VP of sales too early?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. The topic was VC signaling in seed rounds — and how these signals help or hurt your ability to raise money in the next round. Here’s why.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

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Metrics availability. A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , July 25, 2010 AVC regular Charlie Crystle asked me this question yesterday in the comments : Fred, it might be helpful to some of your readers to explain when a startup should seek angel vs seed/early stage VC. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.

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