Direct Sales Model

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Startup Acquisition Stories the a16z Podcast

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Chamness: Dura Prefers Direct and Channel Sales Over Marketing-Heavy SaaS
“So generally speaking, we like businesses that where we can, you know, build a list of customers and go, go find them. So we like a direct sales model or a channel sales model to a really marketing heavy or marketing intensive business. We'll, we'll certainly …”
Conor Jamnis May 2, 2022 ▶ 9:19 Startup Acquisition Stories with Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software
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Casado: Category-creating enterprise startups require direct sales forces
“In most market category creation situations, in most of them, you have to have a warm body in the customer selling, just because the customer doesn't even know how to think about it. So you, in most of cases, you have a direct sales model,”
Martin Casado Oct 26, 2018 ▶ 2:42 Going to Market When No Market Exists

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