@Carles_Reina I totally agree as a founder-led sales person myself. We need the technical founder on to listen to feedback, but not to necessarily lead the sales process.
Separately, it's interesting because Chad Peets thinks you should go as far as hiring a CRO pre-product.
@jjen_abel Agreed - this is even down to the role title. I've found that people are more likely to hop on a call with a "founder or co-founder" vs. a "founding GTM or AE".
Possibly because they'll get a more authentic founder-story and conversation!
The amount of money your company can make is directly related to the amount of incremental revenue your customers believe you help them make. Revenue your customers believe you help them make is therefore a better KPI than your revenue because you can always figure out how to optimize your pricing over time. And your customers will almost never churn as long your product continues to help them make a lot of money. Let me know if you can find an example at scale (companies with over $1b in revenue) where this is not true.
it terrifies me how many talented people are contributing to a future they wouldn't want to live in. building something addictive. exploitative. destructive. something they'll ban their own kids from using. and for what? a paycheck? surely there's a better way to use your gifts?
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