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HOW TO HIRE AN EARLY-STAGE SALES TEAM FROM $0 TO $1M ARR

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A founder shares insights from scaling their sales team from one person to seven people and growing ARR 24x in 2024. This article outlines specific traits to look for in early sales hires, like thriving in ambiguity and being openly money-driven. It shows why hiring sales reps in pairs and testing for deep product knowledge in mock demos leads to better results through real examples from their hiring process.