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A Founder’s Guide to Making the First Sales Hire
Hiring your first sales rep won’t fix a broken revenue motion. In this guide for early-stage SaaS founders, learn how to assess revenue readiness before scaling your team. Discover how to evaluate founder-led sales predictability, ICP clarity, buying triggers, sales structure, and revenue stability so your first AE becomes a multiplier, not a costly experiment. Build repeatability before you hire.
Alec Trachtenberg
Feb 26


You Don’t Need More AI Tools - You Need a Sales System
Early-stage SaaS founders are flooded with AI sales tools, yet messy pipelines, inconsistent discovery, and stalled deals remain. This post breaks down why AI doesn’t fix broken sales processes and how it can actually help when used to reinforce structure, capture founder intuition, and improve sales velocity. Learn how smart teams use AI to support sales reps, standardize workflows, and turn founder-led sales into scalable systems.
Alec Trachtenberg
Jan 28


Selling to Record Labels: How to Break Through the Noise
Forget being another cold email. This is how music tech platforms actually get meetings with record labels.
Alec Trachtenberg
Apr 9, 2025


How to Use Sales Enablement to Win More Deals (Without Sounding Like a Robot)
Sales enablement is just smart storytelling. Build better emails, decks, and case studies—and start closing more deals, faster.
Alec Trachtenberg
Mar 21, 2025
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