7 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Your First Salesperson

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Road sign saying Wrong Way

Execution around sales and marketing remains a major challenge for B2B tech startups looking to  move along the growth/valuation curve. Despite founders readily accepting the importance of sales and marketing in moving from startup to scale-up, execution remains a major barrier to success. As a gauge of the challenge, less than 1 in 5 startups accepting seed investment ever make … Read More

The Right Five Journey (part 3)

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a road disappearing into the distance

One thing I missed in part 1 of this journey diary was the development of a messaging framework for The Right Five. This was almost a day 1 activity after we said “we’re doing this”. The messaging framework ensures you communicate consistently across all channels. It’s based on traditional PR practices and looks to consistently establish (in 25 words, 50 … Read More

The Right Five Journey (part 2)

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a road disappearing into the distance

In our last post we looked at our journey to date. For this and future posts we’ll be looking forward and detailing our on-going progress – a living, breathing account of the birth and growth of a bootstrapped B2B tech startup. As of today, January 4th, 2022 our MVP (sales recruitment technology focused on the unique requirements of the first … Read More