Ireland · Sales & Business Development
Took a product from founder-led sales to a repeatable motion
Patrick has made the transition from founder-led sales to a repeatable motion twice and watched it fail at several companies he advised.
His view is that founders hire reps far too early, before the motion is documented well enough that anyone other than the founder could run it.
• Do not hire reps until you can write down why people buy. • Founder-led sales stops scaling at the point the founder stops learning from each call. • The first rep should be a validator, not a scaler. • Repeatability means a new hire can win a deal you have never seen.
• Can you write, in one page, why your last ten customers bought? • Has anyone other than a founder closed a full-price deal? • What do your lost deals have in common?
Conversational and candid, with a founder's bluntness. Uses war stories to make a point quickly.
Patrick has made the transition from founder-led sales to a repeatable motion twice and watched it fail at several companies he advised. His view is that founders hire reps far too early, before the motion is documented well enough that anyone other than the founder could run it.
VP Sales / Founder · Ireland
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