sales

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 6, 2023 by Jack Altman · across every show →

Everything said about sales, oldest first

Jul 6, 2023 positive
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Founders should never permanently relinquish their core functional spike
“I think there are, for most founders, you'll have at least one thing you should never give up or at least that you shouldn't give up permanently. Commonly those things are going to be either product sales or marketing.”
Jack Altman Jul 6, 2023 ▶ 14:59 Lessons in leadership | Scaling an org and tactical management advice | Jack Altman (Lattice)
Feb 1, 2024
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Berner: Simple renewals belong in CS, expansion renewals belong in Sales
“If renewals are primarily just that, a renewal conversation, where there's a quick, you know, exchange of papers, a quick conversation, if there's a change in price, but there isn't a detailed negotiation or any complexity with that transaction, that renewal p…”
Stephanie Berner Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 28:33 A customer success masterclass | How to build and scale a CS org | Stephanie Berner (LinkedIn)
Jun 19, 2025 neutral
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Cramer: Traditional sales playbooks fail in product-led developer companies like Sentry
“I am now fully convinced that sales definitely increases our ACV, but is not the most efficient thing in a business like ours, or cannot be run, at least in a traditional way.”
David Cramer Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 48:20 How rejecting conventional wisdom grew Sentry to a $3 billion company | David Cramer (Co-founder)
May 21, 2026 positive
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Moreno: Candidates from competitive, repetitive disciplines make the best sales hires
“I think anyone that did something that was based on passion and obsession and that was inherently repetitive for long periods of time so you could string it all together in a game or in a play, like, that's a good profile for sales.”
Graham Moreno May 21, 2026 ▶ 54:48 Why old-school sales work still wins in the AI era | Graham Moreno (Head of GTM, Parallel)
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