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APRIL 3, 2014

” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Features don’t win or lose sales – especially in nascent markets. Customers seldom buy on price.

Sales 382

Sales Help Startup Pricing 382

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MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage? I hustled.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time. So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Features don’t win or lose sales – especially in nascent markets. Customers seldom buy on price.

Sales 316

Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

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MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage? I hustled.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

A while back I wrote a bunch of posts on Sales & Marketing and have been meaning to get back to that theme for a while. I was WAY off between my book research about what the engineering & construction market would want (my first company) and what they actually wanted. I only found out through customer meetings.

Sales 346

Sales Startup Technical Review Customer 346

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Everyone in the outside world is talking about how great you are but internally you know that your sales aren’t ramping, your product isn’t shipping on time, you have doubts about the quality of your code, you’re not convinced you’re doing a good job on marketing – whatever. Your solution? My advice: don’t.

Startup 327

Startup Sales Class CIO 327