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Building A Sales Development Function for Early Stage Startups with Sally Duby

Mucker Lab

However, for early-stage startups with limited resources, a fractional CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) can be a cost-effective option. SDR Hiring Checklist When establishing a sales development team in the early stages, a meticulous hiring process is paramount.

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Pitch Deck Month: “Is It Working?” (aka the “Traction” Slide)

View from Seed

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. Now it’s time to set the stage with the early traction you have. Seed stage VCs are realistic about how much traction a very raw company might have.

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Raising a Series A Away From Home

View from Seed

Although you still hear stories of investors that require founders to move to SF, it’s more likely these days that investors see a winning business outside of the Bay Area as a positive, given the costs and competitive pressure in that local market. Second, embrace that early stage fundraising is always a search for true believers.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). You want your revenue to be higher than your costs.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). You want your revenue to be higher than your costs.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

Our intended pace is roughly 10 investments per year, and we had a handful of legacy angel investments that we rolled into the fund at cost. Stage and Sector Focus: In 16/23 companies, we were part of the first outside round of capital. 9 that are B2B. Pace : We have made 23 investments so far. So that 23 is right on pace.

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Raising a Series A Away From Home

Rob Go

Although you still hear stories of investors that require founders to move to SF, it’s more likely these days that investors see a winning business outside of the Bay Area as a positive, given the costs and competitive pressure in that local market. Second, embrace that early stage fundraising is always a search for true believers.