Dan N. on LinkedIn: As a developer-turned-media company founder with over 5 million… | 11 comments
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Dan N. on LinkedIn: As a developer-turned-media company founder with over 5 million… | 11 comments
never would have succeeded without Langley on the team. If I were funding a startup, I wouldn't want to put money in unless I saw somebody identified as having an interest in the business development side of it. I'm an engineer by training myself, but at this point I have so much experience dealing with customers and what they want that I can bring
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In simple words: sometimes the only way to stand out as a new player on the market is to communicate 10x value compared to existing solutions for your target customers.
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"Verticalized agents" is a bit of a meme among startups right now—but rightly so: Over the last year, we indexed too far into AI being a Swiss army knife—jack of all trades and master of none.
You simply cannot go wrong building something obsessively focused around a problem. And this is not simply because you will deliver value more precisely—but... See more
Make sure you know exactly the type of customer you’re reaching out to, understand how they would describe themselves, and where exactly they would derive value from your solution.
Robert Indries • The Cold Email Manifesto: How to fill your sales pipeline, convert like crazy and level up your business in 90 days or less
Executives If you succeed, at some point you need to hire executives. Engineers In the technology business, you can never know enough great engineers. Press and analysts We have a saying around the firm: Show it, sell it; hide it, keep it. Investors and acquirers Being venture capitalists, providing access to money was obvious.