Founder closed first $500K directly before hiring first sales representative
Renan de Villa · Factory SaaS Hits $2.2m Revenue, Raises $6m on $24m Valuation · Apr 10, 2021 · at 11:27
Renan de Villa is the CEO of OSS Ventures, an industrial software venture studio. He discusses early founder-led sales milestones.
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“I would say the first 500 K were them exclusively by me, that's for sure. And I would say the first was at like 600.”
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