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Portrait of the CEO as Salesman

by tyrelb on 4/1/12, 4:15 PM with 2 comments

  • by tyrelb on 4/1/12, 4:18 PM

    This is my first submission to HN.

    In startups, I think we by-pass a lot of the traditional schools of thought and jump directly into hacks/objects/apps/fixes which we consider "startups."

    As a startup myself, I've lost sight of the most important part of building a business: sales. Tech, product, marketing, "sales" (free users) are great, but at the end of the day, to move a company from a startup to a business is hard work and can only be done with sales.

    And if there's one article that sums up exactly what I should be doing, it's this.

    Thought I would pass this along and hopefully change the attitude of others in our community.