Abhishek Kumar Singh

I Help tech folks get upto speed in sales, Founder @ SalesUP ( $50k+ MRR, bootstrapped ) a GTM partner for late stage and public enterprises

[Dr. Neha Das @neha_laldas]

‼️𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧‼️
𝗜𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲.

What kind of education system treats merit as something to hide?

The reported IIT/JEE restrictions on disclosing toppers’ percentiles are an insult to students who have worked relentlessly to achieve excellence.
These young Indians have competed against millions and earned their place at the top. Instead of celebrating their achievements and inspiring the next generation, why are we creating rules that restrict their recognition?

China launched its Thousand Talents Plan in 2008 to attract leading scientists from around the world, offering research funding, resources and opportunities to strengthen its scientific power. China recognised that talent is a national asset.

And what is India doing? Making the public recognition of academic achievement a controversy!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?
𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱?
𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁?
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗻𝗱?

And we have the audacity to talk about making India a VISHWAGURU!

How can India lead the world when its institutions appear so uncomfortable with openly celebrating excellence?
How can we inspire young people to dream big if we treat the recognition of their success as a problem?

𝗔 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀.
𝗔 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗨 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆.

[Yash | Sales hires + AI marketing agents @yash_vidh007]

@tibo_maker has posted 6,000+ tweets since 2020 and sold his X growth tool for $10M

this week he pulled his own data on what actually works on X right now. it's the most useful thing I've read on growing an account, so here it is with his numbers:

1. replies beat posts when you're small your post gets 50 views. a good reply on a viral post can get 50,000. borrow someone else's reach (this one was mostly useful as I was doing it wrong)

2. long beats short his posts over 600 characters crush his one-liners. X knows exactly who to show them to, and there's a full opinion to reply to

3. put a real dollar amount in it numbers stop the scroll and make it believable. his dollar posts are his best performers

4. one-liners are lottery tickets a few go mega viral, most die. post them for fun, not as the plan (not gonna work for a person like me I guess)

5. declare, don't ask question hooks underperform. people read them as bait

6. if it flops in 30 minutes, fix the hook and repost same idea, new first line. one of his went from 7 likes to 380

7. people bookmark what they'll use later his most bookmarked post (19,069) was a guide he shared, with his notes

8. talk about your life more than your product posts naming his products: 77 likes median. posts about his kids, the chalet, the plane: 167

and the rule under all of them: be consistent, never miss a day

we're at 120 followers, so this is now our playbook. day 1 starts with this post

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@askOkara agreed with the most of the advice - if you are confident in a channel and it is where your customers hang out - make that as your P0

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@Rubyzhanggkhv @askOkara listing sights are a great way for you to show to AI + search engines that you are legit, product hunt listings are mostly gamed so it is a gamble - would not recommend depending on them as your primary strategy

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@yash_vidh007 this is https://t.co/ZfvIZjBUeZ

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

the correct .com domain + shit/no competition + a bit of organic sprinkled across 3 months - daily signups are hitting 4-6

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

saving this

[Marc Lou @marclou]

“Why don’t you focus on one startup?”

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

this is so true given a lot of times we work on leap of faith

[arnav @arnav_kumar]

Actually the chronically negative you can identify in hiring and avoid

The real damage to startups is done by 'Smart Skeptics'

Who are smart, sound even smarter than they are, are great at raising objections, can hold great intellectual conversations, have a lot of anecdotal evidence about everything.

But can't execute/move metrics/ solve hard problems even if their life depended on it, because they are skeptical about everything.

And they dissuade the believers as well.
Avoid them like a plague

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

so a friend of mine took up an IT project with an Indian non profit, the time to sign the contract, legal + money hitting the bank was 2 times more than the time to finish the actual project

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@TaliaGold @yash_vidh007

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@StackDhruv use https://t.co/Nxtu8akHAS

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

How are you folks hiring for good talent outside tech, what is the best platform

For tech I have been using wellfound and it gives me good enough talent

For non tech, I have tried naukri and internshala but both of them just spam the hell out of me so I try to avoid them as much as I can

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@eshaankansal No man, I was not doing this and ran into a problem where some staff said no to turn on camera on client facing team meetings, and we work in sales

Ended up making this mandatory for all roles across the company

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

sales terminology that every engineer should know

GTM ( Go To Market ) = Sales ( you can interchange them )

TAM ( Total Addressable Market ) = Gives you an overview on number of customers you can potentially get

ICP ( Ideal Customer Profile ) = A 2-3 line description explaining who your customers are, you can have multiple icps

SDR/BDR ( Sales/Busines Developement Representative ) = Sales reps that do the initial outreach for the company via sending messages/calling

AE ( Account Executive ) = Has an understanding of the product and does active demos for the client

Cold/Warm = Whenver you are reaching out without the other persons consent on any medium / they have responded in some way

SQL ( Sales Qualified Lead ) = Whenever the sales team qualifies a lead

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

sales terminology that every engineer should know

GTM ( Go To Market ) = Sales ( you can interchange them )

TAM ( Total Addressable Market ) = Gives you an overview on number of customers you can potentially get

ICP ( Ideal Customer Profile ) = A 2-3 line description explaining who your customers are, you can have multiple icps

SDR/BDR ( Sales/Busines Developement Representative ) = Sales reps that do the initial outreach for the company via sending messages/calling

AE ( Account Executive ) = Has an understanding of the product and does active demos for the client

Cold/Warm = Whenver you are reaching out without the other persons consent on any medium / they have responded in some way

SQL ( Sales Qualified Lead ) = Whenever the sales team qualifies a lead

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@ayushagarwal Useful starting point. I’d just be careful about generalising from 1 founder’s last 5 customers. That could tell you more about their network and distribution than the wider market.

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

today went into muting red angels of tech twitter with dumb takes

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

agreed, giving value to generate attention is so hard

their are only so many insights that are actually valuable that you can share in a niche

[Hector @hectorserrranoo]

the next wave of founders will all be marketers

it's easier for a creative to learn to build than for an engineer to learn how to generate attention

building keeps getting easier and marketing keeps getting harder

[Abhishek Kumar Singh @abhishekslab]

@virajraundal8 tf,... 😂🤣