By Larry Chiang
I know a lot of people. I don’t know any vp of sales at a startup.
Zero.
I think it’s because that role died. “Community manager-ism” is all the rage. Let us examine where we are and where this all is going in the topsy turbulent nature of building and growing Silicon Valley startups…
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On pins and needles waiting for the sequel post potentially addressing “1st vp of sales = a founder” ?
#csMajorCRO #cs183X twitter.com/msuster/status… |
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2017-2008. No end solution in sight. Just guesses. bit.ly/sblank715 Problem = #WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie steveblank.com/2009/08/27/the… |
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.@sgblank I loved you enough to make bit.ly shortcodes short-links. bit.ly/sblank715 #WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie pic.twitter.com/u7GLyzaefU
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Been on pins and needles for “this”… twitter.com/mdcranney/stat…
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I see alphas all saying the same thing about #WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie. But, not orchestrated.
And not actionable. twitter.com/larrychiang/st… |
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*Do things that don’t scale* means vp marketing/ vp sales type work as the 2-5 technical co-founders #cs183yC #CSmajorCMO pic.twitter.com/YvSJu0GxQd
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Number 4 of 5 #WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie twitter.com/larrychiang/st…
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VCs fire us bc the vp sales ain’t working out. It’s the “Startup Death Spiral” as per bit.ly/sblank713
#CTCFTR pic.twitter.com/nkCvaZOHgt |
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LinkedIn and EchoSign (AdobeSign’s) @BrendonCassidy on #WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie Community manager <~ VP of Sales cc @NickAustinLee @sgblank twitter.com/tsurfs/status/…
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10 Rules to Being a VP of Sales in a Startup | Brendon Cassidy | LinkedIn buff.ly/1vFZJox
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Community manager is a euphemism for VP of Sales [END]
#WhenHowWhyDidVPsalesDie pic.twitter.com/cBhcTkclPU |
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