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Pitch decks are bullshit compared to long-term investor relationships
“People talk about pitches and decks, that's bullshit. You know. The whole thing, it's about the relationship. You know, people, nobody's going to write you a twenty million dollar check if they haven't known you for a while, observed the way you execute, seein…”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 18:29 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
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Enterprise software companies selling to Fortune 500 become sales organizations
“We didn't want a company that is going to sell to the fortune 500 companies because these companies tend to be sales organizations in the end.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 3:36 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
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Peripheral markets give tech founders a massive hiring advantage
“And the huge advantage when you are in a peripheral market like Greece is that if you have a network there and some reputation you probably have a huge advantage in in hiring. You know, hiring engineers in Greece, there's plenty of them. They're really good. T…”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 8:54 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
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20% MoM growth past $2M ARR signals strong SaaS health
“If you see a business growing at 20% month-on-month beyond beyond, beyond two million annual revenue, Then, you know, something must be going on right in there. There's, it's really difficult to achieve that if other things don't work well.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 14:17 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
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