1/ My Golden Rule for GTM, from @CanvasVC GTM Council. "When hiring your first salesperson, hire two. You'll avoid getting a false positive or negative."-Tony Small, who has built sales teams from 0 four times over, including @zillow. https://t.co/qsTU035uhy
Early-stage GTM💎💎🧵
Venture is cyclical and so the headlines read, “Venture Capital Is Dead” every seven to 10 years. This time, it just took 15. I believe this is the most exciting time to be investing in venture capital in over a decade—since the last downturn 🔗 @Fortune https://t.co/opSwCNdoPF
We’re excited to confirm Standard Fleet is a third party app for Tesla vehicles.
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Good scoop by @Teslarati broke this news today.
Only 2% of startups led by all female founder teams receive VC funding. That number hasn't changed in 10 yrs! It's time to act, not just discuss. I talked with @Jacksonfordyce @theventurenews about what I do to help lift up talented women entrepreneurs. 🎧 https://t.co/mxwljPR9bm
@Zendesk@YAlexandrovski@observablehq@CrowdAIinc 8/ "It's better to be customer-obsessed and competitor aware. Focus on selling the unique qualities of your product vs trying to be a fast follower." - Jeremy Bass fmr VP Sales @unit. As #1 rev hire @breadfinancial, Jeremy grew a sales org from pre-revenue -> $450M acquisition.
1/ My Golden Rule for GTM, from @CanvasVC GTM Council. "When hiring your first salesperson, hire two. You'll avoid getting a false positive or negative."-Tony Small, who has built sales teams from 0 four times over, including @zillow. https://t.co/qsTU035uhy
Early-stage GTM💎💎🧵
@Zendesk 7/ "For AEs, storytelling is powerful. If you can cast the conversation as a struggle with SaaS software and frame the problem viscerally, buyers will remember." - @YAlexandrovski, VP Sales @observablehq. While @CrowdAIinc Yuri achieved 2x growth and cut sales cycles to 2.5 mos.
Watch this space for the top GTM tips for early-stage founders from the Canvas GTM Council members every day this week, starting later today. . .Ever wonder how and when to hire your first salesperson? Learn from the person who built out Zillow's sales team from the jump to 500.
At Canvas, we have found that the #1 factor that differentiates good outcomes from fund-returning outcomes is the strength and scalability of a company's GTM strategy. That’s why we’re always looking to meet the folks responsible for skyrocketing startups into household names 🚀
There are a lot of places to put AI to work. I just don't think fintech is the most exciting right now. Thanks to @technology for hearing me out on that and why we focus on businesses where AI is truly transformative, like @casetext with its AI legal asst. https://t.co/2Qxnfwi9Bp
Bloomberg @technology interviews @VCRebecca, co-founder of @CanvasVC, who discusses how Casetext has used AI to create CoCounsel, a "transformative tool" for lawyers.
Watch the video to learn more about Casetext's progression: https://t.co/7wtdYzBNAH
"You can tack AI onto almost everything and it can be helpful. At @CanvasVC we want to see not just what's helpful, but what's truly transformative."
📺 @VCRebecca on Bloomberg @technology, talking @casetext and general trends in venture. 📺
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