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May 2024
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Founder-Led Sales for Y Combinator Demo ...

Edward Sturm
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E305: How to succeed with founder-led sales.

This is from Sam Blond giving advice to a Y Combinator cohort preparing for Demo Day.

The most common topic was founders figuring out how to close the first set of customers in time for DD.

This was Sam's advice.

#ycombinator #startups #sales #andreessenhorowitz

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