Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

I’ll talk you through figuring out if you’re ready to hire salespeople, and make my pitch for why a founder-led sales strategy makes sense for early B2B startups. Pro tip on cold pitching for founders: Cold pitching in our current environment is a zero-sum game. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team? Virtually zero.

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Smarter With Gartner

JULY 2, 2021

The first and simplest step in hi-tech product planning is to share the concept inside and outside your organization. To start, you should pitch the idea to five or more people within your professional network. Step 5: Release a minimum viable product. Listen for critical feedback.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Phase 2 – The Pitch. In The Pitch phase, you essentially take what you learned about your market’s pain points from the exploration phase to create an offer in exchange for currency. Trevor Owens shows how he uses the Exploration and Pitch method to validate a Vespa Rental business. image source. image source.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Topics are an important feature for social networks, just as genres are for music or categories for ecommerce sites. It’s a great example of how product features can drive organic traffic. You can also mine or monitor mentions on social networks and look for complaints or requests for features. Know the process. Start small.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It's the earliest stage of funding a company, and it usually involves an investment from the founder's personal savings, family, friends, supporters, or network of other founders. Incubators and accelerators are programs for startup companies that provide capital, mentorship, and networking. Seed Funding.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Seed: This is the initial stage of funding, and is generally used to employ the founding team and begin market research and product development. The company is past the MVP (minimum viable product) and is showing initial signs of success. With that being said, stop using your standard pitch decks.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Luckily, there are all sorts of things you can do invite luck: Lucky people network. Lucky people pitch often. In the long run, it’s better to focus on developing a minimum viable product , launching, and optimizing based on feedback, rather than trying to get it right the first time with an untested idea of a “perfect” product.

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