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Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. The video link is here and quick time-coded show notes at the end of the post in case you want to jump ahead to just one section. When & Whom should you hire? when is the right time to hire your first sales employee?

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

Oh, you got me there right in the first question! In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement. A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face.