early-stage startups
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 6, 2022 by Veronika Riederle · across every show →
Everything said about early-stage startups, oldest first
Sep 6, 2022 positive
Riederle: First sales rep must be a scrappy builder, not a big-company hire
“I think you need someone who is really able to find their own leads, is really able to hustle, is hungry, Can live in an environment where there's nothing there yet, where there's no established process, who is really a builder and wants to build things, who w…”
Jan 10, 2024 negative
Dietrich: Early-stage startup marketers often fail to implement basic attribution tracking
“One of the things I see at earlier stage startups is that the marketers don't put in place their attribution tracking, and they really don't have the tech stack, and they can't see into the right data. So they, Not only don't have a balanced scorecard with the…”
Dec 18, 2024
Lemkin: Early Startups Should Focus on Closing Deals Over Optimizing Pricing
“In the early days, just get close to customers. It almost doesn't matter whether you get, you don't need to optimize pricing. Kill basic, keep it, do a little A-B testing if you can, but it don't matter. Just close them, right?”