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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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We ended up merging those two companies together and I took over client services for Business.com, around the time Benchmark invested in us, and we ended up selling that company to R.H. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. Donnelly in 2007.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

Both Sides of the Table

I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” We called our methodology PUCCKA. Compelling Event.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day.

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