ExecutiveDre

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Why Prospects Ghost You(usepipeline.ai)
1 points by ExecutiveDre 5mo ago|1 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 5mo ago
Most early stage founders put a ton of time into follow-up emails only to get ghosted. I'm seeing this pattern emerge with the founders I'm working with. So I built them a tool based on 13 years of selling to the enterprise, and n
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Founder-led Sales is Broken(founder-led.app)
2 points by ExecutiveDre 2y ago|1 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 2y ago
Hello everyone - my name is Andre Smith, creator of Founder-led — you can call me Dre. I’m solving a problem I stumbled upon while leading GTM / founder-led sales at my last startup. Have you ever ended a meeting with a prospect and fe
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by ExecutiveDre 2y ago
Good point. I'm not among the camp who thinks technical people will be completely replaced by AI. I am part of the camp that believes AI will master hard skills long before it can master soft skills.
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by ExecutiveDre 2y ago
I understand where you are coming from. However, my thought is, the non-technical person would not have to learn every single detail that a technical person has become proficient in to ship a valuable product. Only time will tell. It's
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by ExecutiveDre 2y ago
My point exactly. When everyone has the ability to create similar software, the real challenge—and differentiator—becomes distribution. It’s not just about building the product anymore; it’s about knowing how to effectively sell and market
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Technical vs. Non-Technical Founder Is Dead. Here's What's Next
1 points by ExecutiveDre 2y ago|7 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 2y ago
3 meals a day + snacks don't make sense for the body but good for business.
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by ExecutiveDre 3y ago
Two years ago, we noticed a trend among SaaS pricing pages. More teams began to offer a new deployment option for enterprise customers. Back then, everyone had a different name for this deployment option. We heard... Private SaaS Cloud-prem
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by ExecutiveDre 3y ago
Who’s bullish or bearish on Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)?
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by ExecutiveDre 3y ago
Hey HN - Dre Smith here, one of the founders here at Nuon.co - helping SaaS and oss companies deploy and run their products in customer cloud accounts (aka Bring your own cloud -BYOC)! Essentially Infra-in-a-box for BYOC. We just publicly l
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Software security certs are not helping. Who are we kidding? [pdf](info.varonis.com)
1 points by ExecutiveDre 3y ago|1 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 3y ago
Software vendors: “After several months, we finally received our Soc 2 certification!” Also Software vendor: “Due to a recent security incident, some of our customer data was compromised..”
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Wish I knew French. What’s the TLDR in English lol
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
This.
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
1. Start with your network first. Be willing to go as far as 3rd-degree connections. 2. Write down your playbook. What is the end goal you are trying to achieve after you have made contact with the prospect? 3. Track feedback, and get quo
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Latter lol
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
This would be catchy lol
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Thanks for your input. With this approach, is there much work/management needed for the customer?
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What do you think the FTX Netflix docuseries will be called?
4 points by ExecutiveDre 4y ago|13 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Lmao!!! Downvotes are a-comin! Lol .. in all seriousness. I respect your skepticism.
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BlockFi paused withdrawals. WTF is happening with crypto?
21 points by ExecutiveDre 4y ago|12 comments
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Thank you. These are all great questions I need to bring to the table!
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Very well said. It is for sure a time suck away from building core features/functionality.
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Thank you. I've heard of these guys as well.
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Yea, so more like an hourly rate or monthly on-going fee after implementation?
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Yea. However I could see a world where for the amount of work, even a 20x premium wouldn't be enough lol
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
Yes. This could be a good solution. Would mean a lot of back and forth and screen-sharing which could end up painful if you tried to scale this....
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by ExecutiveDre 4y ago
I agree with your approach in taking a step back to observe the business case first BEFORE diving into technical discussions. It does get into the weeds and can stretch your resources thin.

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