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Below is the list I have so far. What's missing? I'd also love to know what you recommend I use to learn each topic.
1. Financials 2. KPIs for different areas of the business 3. Hiring 4. People management 5. Fundraising 6. Strategy 7. Marketing
1) Identify biggest problem/opportunity in the company
2) Learn what is needed to solve it
3) Hire someone to take over what you’ve been doing
4) Repeat
Rather than any kind of topic based learning.
Everything else lives on its exhaust fumes.
Sales. Everything else lives on its exhaust fumes.
If you are great at everything besides sales, that won’t make any meaningful contribution.
Sales. Everything else lives on its exhaust fumes.
But what does “sales” look like in B2C startups, which is my current project?
What I’ve observed is more of a: 1) Identify biggest problem/opportunity in the company 2) Learn what is needed to solve it 3) Hire someone to take over what you’ve been doing 4) Repeat Rather than any kind of topic based learning.
Another way to phrase my question would be: What are the cycles that I will likely encounter and what can I do now to be better prepared for them?
You can get a lot of clients with pure hustle.
But you want a reliable process for marketing too.
Sales. Everything else lives on its exhaust fumes.
That definitely makes sense to me in B2B startups because that’s where I’ve spent my career. But what does “sales” look like in B2C startups, which is my current project?
Sales. Everything else lives on its exhaust fumes.
That definitely makes sense to me in B2B startups because that’s where I’ve spent my career. But what does “sales” look like in B2C startups, which is my current project?
It probably matters if you don’t know.