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Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

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Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,&# which means to hire people who want to be one league above where they are today. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. I’m not one of those.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

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Traditional software vs. SaaS. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Neither class of people should give up easily. Think of web vs. mobile. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Connections? Commitment. Startups are hard.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

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Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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Fauxmentum

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Let me give you some examples I see of fauxmentum: In the SaaS world I see many business plans where companies have achieved 100-300% year-over-year growth and this is truly impressive. I’m not saying don’t hire sales staff or market your products aggressively. But as with any sales advice, revenue diversity matters.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. ” How can businesses not incorporate information into their marketing and sales funnels? Pier who has built a world-class sales organization and processes. should I go Audi or BMW?” ” Steve. Lorenzo.

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socalTECH Jobs: Monday Morning Job Highlights

socalTECH

Our transaction-focused methodology delivers low risk, best-in-class business terms, rates and service levels for our customers. Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. Vice President, Sales and Marketing , Stanton Chase International. Our average client revenue in in the millions. VP, Engineering , Fetch Recruiting.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. Because I built two SaaS companies and sold my second one to Salesforce.com (where I then took on the role of VP Products) I am often asked to look at SaaS and/or sales-oriented deals for others.

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