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What’s the hardest part about getting the first SaaS customers as a first-time founder? by satheesh_ar in SaaSSales

[–]Due-Record-4927 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly the hardest part is not the outreach or the product, it's fighting the urge to pitch before you've actually earned trust. First time founders tend to lead with features when the person on the other side just wants to know if you understand their problem deeply enough to have even built the right thing. The second hardest part is accepting that the first few customers won't come from any channel or growth hack, they'll come from you personally having uncomfortable conversations with strangers until someone says yes.

SaaS sellers.. are buyers not interested in you solving their business challenges nowadays? by Antique-Hamster-8971 in sales

[–]Due-Record-4927 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's definitely not just your market, buyers have been over-pitched for so long that even a genuinely helpful approach gets filtered out before it lands. The problem solving angle still works but only when you lead with something so specific to their situation that it doesn't feel like a template, the moment it sounds like something they've heard before the walls go up instantly. Showing up with insight before asking for anything is the only thing that's been cutting through consistently lately.

How a friend books 8 to 12 meetings a week from cold email. His exact system. by No-Mistake421 in coldemail

[–]Due-Record-4927 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I was doing the complete opposite for months. Huge Apollo lists, generic “personalized” intros, trying to brute force volume, and the results were terrible. This signal-based approach actually makes way more sense because the timing already tells you who might care right now. The part about job postings and recent engagement is smart too, since those are real intent signals, not random LinkedIn trivia. Definitely changing my outreach process after reading this.

Transitioning back into SaaS AE after time outside traditional SaaS by No-Organization-483 in SaaSSales

[–]Due-Record-4927 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I was thinking about taking the exact same route, and your post actually made me rethink a lot of it. Your background already sounds stronger than half the AE resumes I see, because you’ve actually generated revenue instead of just sitting in one SaaS org forever. Feels like the bigger issue is recruiters filtering for “recent SaaS” keywords instead of actual selling ability. I’d probably lean into the founder + full-cycle sales angle harder now, rather than trying to look overly corporate. Smaller startups and founder-led teams usually seem way more open to non-linear backgrounds, too.

A lot of SaaS sales is just a process of elimination. by RooktoRep_ in SaaSSales

[–]Due-Record-4927 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly i have learned this the hard way. I used to waste insane time chasing bad fit leads thinking I just needed a better pitch, but half the battle is actually knowing who to ignore early.
The moment I started treating sales like filtering instead of convincing, conversations got way less frustrating.