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My newsletter aim to provide authentic, pragmatic sales advice to founders and is based on; - 1st principle based sales - Customer centric selling - Helping increase the return on sales effort - Maximising your subject matter expertise to crete a competitive advantage
Hi Reader Many of you who subscribe to my newsletter are founders on a mission to grow your business, and I have a huge amount of respect for you. And many of you are salespeople working closely with founders to help them achieve their goals. Both categories are affected by the poor transition from founder-led sales to team-based selling. I've worked for a number of startups, and this transition seemed to be done with no real consideration of the key milestones above being achieved. The...
Hi Reader I hope July is treating you well so far!!! Last week I wrote a LinkedIn post about the founder's impact on a startup's sales. Check it out HERE. In this newsletter, I want to dive deeper into certain parts and today I'll cover 1οΈβ£ in more detail. "The Valley of Despair" The valley of despair (VOD) is a widely studied topic and exists in countless different areas. No matter how seasoned a founders is in sales or more technically minded, there is no escaping going through this...
Hello Reader, Today, Iβm going to speak about the challenging topic of hiring salespeople, why many businesses get it wrong, and, more importantly, how to fix it. First, let me share my story about how I got into selling B2B SaaS for an Australian startup and the salespeople I came across in my time to give you some context. Before entering B2B SaaS, I was a business development manager for WorkPac, a blue-collar recruitment company. It was my responsibility to find civil construction...