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Sales for Founders
Louis Nicholls
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Learn to sell, find your first paying customers and grow a successful business. An interview series for (technical) founders who are fed up of building products nobody wants to buy... Your host, Louis Nicholls, interviews the best founders and salespeople out there. You'll…
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$150k in revenue with not even a landing page - Jeremy ThiessenThis week, Louis interviews serial founder Jeremy Thiessen. Jeremy has a golden rule for entrepreneurship after some bad luck with his first startup... Don't build anything until… -
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Getting a deal with Uber, and then another, and another with Daniel Zarick of ArrowsWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. Today, Brendan is speaking with Daniel Zarick. Daniel is the co-founder… -
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Hey... Sales can be fun! Perspectives on Founder Sales with Ben Orenstein of TupleWe're pleased to have Ben Orenstein in as our guest this week. Ben is the co-founder of Tuple , a pairing application for development teams, and he has deep experience as a tech… -
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Sales Chat #4 - Optimizing that first sales callOkay... It's time for that big initial sales call. You've booked, prepped and dialed in (or maybe you're in-person...right?!) Now what do you do? Plenty, actually. And a lot of… -
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Sales Chat #3: Brendan and Louis get into how to prepare for an important first sales callWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. First impressions can make all the difference, and that's especially… -
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SaaS sales and the struggle to gain meaningful customer adoption with Joe Valenti, founder of BrokrBindrWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. We have Brendan McAdams at the microphone today for a conversation with… -
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Sales chat #2: Why's a sales process so important? — with cohost Brendan McAdamsWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. Louis is back behind the mic for another season of Sales for Founders… -
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Sales chat #1: Is sales sleazy? — with cohost Brendan McAdamsWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. Louis is back behind the mic for another season of Sales for Founders… -
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Lessons from 20+ years of sales success — with Brendan McAdams, cofounder of ExpertscapeWelcome to Sales for Founders, the podcast for founders who want to go from hating sales to making sales. This week, your host Louis is talking to sales expert Brendan McAdams… -
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3 ideas to build your own business that lasts - with Alex Hillman, author of The Tiny MBAIn this episode of the podcast, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with founder, author and all-round-business-expert Alex Hillman. Alex has decades of experience helping people… -
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Listener Questions #1 - Sales Mindset, Cold Outreach, Positioning and More!In this episode of the S4F podcast we switch things up and I (your host Louis Nicholls) take some listener questions in my first ever solo session! We dive into topics like… -
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From struggling with first sales to a $2m ARR business - with Nick Davies, cofounder and CEO of DentallyIn this episode of the podcast, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with Nick Davies, cofounder and CEO of Dentally . Nick and his cofounder James cofounded Dentally - a B2B SaaS… -
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Zero to 5-figure MRR in just a few months by doing outbound sales - with Frank Breckner, founder of FinalyticIn this episode of the Sales for Founders podcast, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with a Sales for Founders course alumnus... Frank Breckner. Frank was previously the… -
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How to switch from outbound sales to inbound marketing - with Baird Hall, founder of Wavve and ZubtitleIn this episode of the Sales for Founders podcast, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with Baird Hall. Baird is a founder of two bootstrapped SaaS businesses: Waave.co and… -
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What founders can learn from a sales leader - with Kristen Habacht, Global Head of EDR Sales at AtlassianToday I’m chatting with Kristen Habacht. Kristen is one of the most successful salespeople I’ve ever met. From joining the sales team at Fog Creek, to basically building the… -
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"I have my first few paying customers, now what?" - with Pat Walls, founder of PigeonThis week I'm releasing a test episode for a new, shorter format of episodes - office hours. For this test episode, I'm talking to Pat Walls, founder of StarterStory.com, about… -
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Turning a struggling startup into a $50k/month agency business - with Andrew Askins, cofounder and CEO of Krit.comThis week, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with Andrew Askins. Andrew is the cofounder and CEO of Krit - a technical agency that helps non-technical founders turn ideas into… -
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Sales tips from a successful, full-time salesperson - with James Urie, Close.comThis week, your host Louis Nicholls is joined by James Urie. And this episode is a bit different, because James isn’t a founder - he’s actually a full time salesperson. But what… -
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What an early-stage founder needs to know about SEO and content marketing - with Nat Eliason, founder of Growth MachineIn this episode of the Sales for Founders podcast, your host Louis Nicholls talks to Nat Eliason. Nat is the founder of Growth Machine and cofounder of Cup & Leaf tea . He's also… -
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How to turn customer conversations into a profitable product - with Rob Fitzpatrick, author of 'The Mom Test'In this episode, your host Louis Nicholls sits down with multiple-time founder, YCombinator alumnus and author of 'The Mom Test' - Rob Fitzpatrick. Rob's book is hands down the… -
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How to write cold emails that get results! - with Laura LopuchWe kick season 2 of the Sales for Founders podcast off with a bang! Your host, Louis Nicholls, sits down with expert conversion copywriter and email geek Laura Lopuch to talk all… -
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Live S4F Office Hours #1: Gabriel Perez from Peerfeedback.ioThis week we shake things up on the podcast! Instead of an interview, we spontaneously recorded one of the office hours sessions with a founder who is currently taking the Sales… -
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Would a referral program work for your business? - with Manuel Frigerio of ReferralHeroThis week, Louis interviews friend of the show Manuel Frigerio, founder of ReferralHero. Manuel bootstrapped ReferralHero, a referral marketing platform, to about $20k MRR. And… -
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How to grow faster by doing things that don't scale - with Corey Haines of BaremetricsThis week, your host Louis Nicholls interviews Corey Haines, head of growth at Baremetrics. Corey switches between sales and marketing every day. So he's learned some super… -
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Bonus Episode: Why niching is a great way to start a bootstrapped business - with Tyler Tringas of Earnest CapitalThis week we've delivered a special bonus episode with a slightly different focus than normal. Inspired by Justin Jackson's article on 'the myth of the niche market', your host… -
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How to close 7-figure deals as a technical founder with no sales experience - with Stephanie Hurlburt of Binomial.infoThis week, your host Louis Nicholls interviews Stephanie Hurlburt, cofounder of Binomial.info. We go in depth on learning sales as a technical founder, winning large B2B… -
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Taking a productised service from 0 to $10k MR in a few short months (plus, copywriting tips!) - with Dani Mancini of Scribly.ioThis week, your host Louis Nicholls interviews Dani Mancini. Dani is an expert copywriter and the solo founder of Scribly.io - a productised copywriting service which she grew… -
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How to close your first deals and do follow-ups properly - with Mark Fershteyn of Recapped.ioThis week I interview Mark Fershteyn, founder of Recapped.io . Mark has years of sales experience are recently founded his own SaaS company - helping B2B sales teams close more… -
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Bootstrapping to a 6-figure business by aligning yourself with the customer - with Lynne Tye of Key:ValuesLynne Tye, founder of KeyValues.com shares how she learned sales on the job - and grew her project into a profitable 6-figure business helping developers find engineering teams…
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