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I am not good at sales. Should I learn selling or hire someone who is excellent at selling things?

• briantmaurer 7y ago
  From http://paulgraham.com/ds.html http://paulgraham.com/ds.html — "There are two reasons founders resist going out and recruiting users individually. One is a combination of shyness and laziness. They'd rather sit at home writing code than go out and talk to a bunch of strangers and probably be rejected by most of them. But for a startup to succeed, at least one founder (usually the CEO) will have to spend a lot of time on sales and marketing. [2]" ... "[2] Thanks to Sam Altman for suggesting I make this explicit. And no, you can't avoid doing sales by hiring someone to do it for you. You have to do sales yourself initially. Later you can hire a real salesperson to replace you."
  • toomuchtodo 7y ago
    This advice is great not just for bootstrapping your own startup, but for selling yourself in life (interviews, dating, etc).
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• lacbuddah 7y ago
  You HAVE to do sales and if you have to ask this question, don't quit your job.