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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

The larger the company, the more they’ll separate out business development and sales, with business development focused primarily on lead generation and sales focused on sealing the actual sale of the product or service. Sales roles : The sales cycle is similar to the recruitment cycle of a source.

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Why an investor rejection isn't a knock on you

Hippoland

A few years ago, a friend asked me if I could forward an email to Abc VC. But outcome-differentiation is probably lacking – people who use Mailchimp use it to increase revenue by selling more products / services via their emails. At the seed stage, it seemed like a weird niche idea to sleep on someone else’s air mattress.

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Why an investor rejection isn't a knock on you

Hippoland

A few years ago, a friend asked me if I could forward an email to Abc VC. But outcome-differentiation is probably lacking – people who use Mailchimp use it to increase revenue by selling more products / services via their emails. At the seed stage, it seemed like a weird niche idea to sleep on someone else’s air mattress.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V2: Helping online marketers who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. V3: Helping directors of marketing at series B companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V2: Helping online marketers who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. V3: Helping directors of marketing at series B companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest.