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Parrish: Figma had no customer-facing employees when he joined

Carl Parrish · 20 Sales: The Ultimate Guide to Sales Onboarding for New Sales Reps and Sales Leaders, The Biggest Red Flags in the First 30 Days & What Can Be Done to Set Them Up for Success with Leaders from Figma, Dropbox, Miro and more. · Nov 16, 2022 · at 24:18

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Carl Parrish, former VP of Sales at Figma, discusses his early tenure as Figma's first sales hire building the initial GTM function.

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“When I joined Figma, for example, there was nobody in a customer-facing role, and so I'm Sales enablement, sales operations, sales finance, and I'm all of those things bad or mediocre at best because you just have to be. Those roles and those functions don't exist.”

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