Riparbelli: Founders Shouldn't Hire Sales or PMs Pre-PMF
Victor Riparbelli · Victor Riparbelli, CEO @Synthesia: OpenAI vs Anthropic vs X.ai - Who Wins and Why | E1246 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jan 15, 2025 · at 7:29
Victor Riparbelli is the CEO and co-founder of Synthesia. He shares his perspective on early-stage org structure before achieving product-market fit.
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“Unless you have product market fit, like you shouldn't have product managers and sales people, right? That is your job as a founder.”
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