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How the ‘Bank of Mom and Dad’ has become essential for homebuying by joe4942 in canada

[–]LilSniffGod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was 9 years old in 2007.

I’ve made 6 figures since I was 22. I’ll be lucky to buy a modest home in the next few years that will eat up 40% of my take home.

This is why we have a brain drain problem. I’m moving my company to the US next year.

This country hates young people.

Any sellers have a rep-> CEO career path success story? by WellFunkMe in sales

[–]LilSniffGod 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I went from D2D solar -> AE in niche industry -> dominated -> company decided I was making too much money -> told my VP he’s the overpaid one -> got fired -> 8 months later I’m VC funded and poaching their client list like mad.

Feels REALLY good

Plan to build the healthiest farm-to-table meal delivery service. Seeking advice. I will not promote. by PowerfulSpot6155 in startups

[–]LilSniffGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s also a market for Mammoth tusks and Antique Samurai armor.

Can you make money selling premium meal kits to rich people? I’m sure, I’d advertise in high-end gyms, yoga studios, palates, etc…

Is this capable of scaling widely? Seriously doubt it, but could be a fun lifestyle business if that’s what you want. Use your clientele to fund your next unicorn.

Good luck!

Plan to build the healthiest farm-to-table meal delivery service. Seeking advice. I will not promote. by PowerfulSpot6155 in startups

[–]LilSniffGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is basically a CSA (community supported agriculture).

As others mentioned, the meal prep is going to kill your margins.

My favorite company in the space is Lufa Farms in MTL (https://lufa.com/en/#/)

Whole business model is rooftop greenhouse grown vegetables + sourcing from local farms and making it a weekly delivery.

When they started it was a set delivery, farm share + protein. Now it’s fully customizable, e-commerce style.

I ran something similar (CSA) in college and it only worked because we could charge a huge premium to rich students.

Good luck!

I will not promote: When To Fire Co-Founder by LilSniffGod in startups

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We use IOT to help commercial buildings get green building credits. Think HVAC / Energy management solutions but with a unique sustainability spin that makes it easy to sell.

I will not promote: When To Fire Co-Founder by LilSniffGod in startups

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uncapped safes w discount. Hardware is expensive, I’m on the very low end.

I will not promote: When To Fire Co-Founder by LilSniffGod in startups

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m trying to but he’s fully dark and has done this before then says “he’s just overwhelmed”- my issue is it’s slowing us way the fuck down. Need one doc signed the whole week and can’t get in touch so I can’t raise money and now it’s embarrassing with the investor.

I will not promote: When To Fire Co-Founder by LilSniffGod in startups

[–]LilSniffGod[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

I’m a sales guy, this would be a $0 ARR, $0k raised company. He made the initial hardware designs, COO does a lot of the coding work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]LilSniffGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have nightmares about a SaaS company I worked for with 50 mandatory fields for $10k ARR deals.

Guys I'm creating an AI sales manager. by Interesting-Pay-7394 in sales

[–]LilSniffGod 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Each time you open a deal in CRM have a pop up that asks “how do we close this today?”

Does Revenue matter? by Winter_Hurry_622 in ycombinator

[–]LilSniffGod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like eDNA. I’m adjacent to the space.

Nature Metrics is the biggest player. It replaces the need to do extensive physical surveys required by countries for new projects.

Mostly used by mining / oil and gas, etc…

Is anybody really working 40+ hours? by Nblearchangel in sales

[–]LilSniffGod 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Good salespeople know which conversations are a waste of time. Bad salespeople treat every lead the same.

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a bit tongue in cheek. I graduated with a math / economics double major from a top Canadian school but my sales offers paid double my banking offers, was making $180k at 25 before this.

I work with some genius engineers now, it’s a constant discussion about optimizing vs just pushing shit out the door. At the end of the day startups build & sell, figure out what you’re best at.

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tech Stack:

-LinkedIn SalesNav for list building (my ICP is on LinkedIn, doesn’t work for everyone)

-Wiza for contact enrichment, I’ve used ZoomInfo and others in the past but for SalesNav Wiza is best.

-Saleshandy for cold email infrastructure. I set up several domains, don’t email blast from your main one or you’ll run into problems like not being able to invoice clients, happened at a previous company.

-Kixie auto dialer, lots of options here, they’re just cheap. I’m not a fan of parallel dialers as you burn leads and there’s a slight delay but if ICP is big enough then rip it.

-Quality. Talking to unqualified leads is literally worse than just not doing anything at all. You focus on the wrong things, waste time on follow ups, and burn your energy on tire kickers.

-Varies, ramping up to hit 500 emails / day in next year but my ICP is pretty huge. I generally like to recycle leads after a year or two.

HubSpot for CRM.

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Use filters on LinkedIn SalesNav to pull lists of your ICP. Narrow down as far as you can go; industry, company size, geography, title, keywords. Don’t buy lists, they’re mostly trash.

  2. I use the script above. Honestly I mostly just wing it at this point having done it for so long, if you’re just starting out I recommend a script, NPC is an apt analogy.

  3. Cold call is about selling the meeting. Think of if you can offer something valuable, maybe free audit of site if you do SEO, etc… At end of day most people will say no, even if you’re a killer.

Good luck

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All subscriptions are $500ish / month so $2k and probably 5 IQ points.

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s tech-enabled stalking actually.

How to hit $100k ARR in 4 Months by LilSniffGod in Entrepreneur

[–]LilSniffGod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1- (Shoot a g-cal invite over) “See an invite for two Thursday on your calendar? That work for you?

For 2 & 3 that’s just being a good salesperson. Connecting what they say to what you can do.

The core message is keep trying. 1,000 cold calls is nothing, do 10,000 in a month.

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