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Srini Chidoretti

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
131 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

We're different from a regular company where it's not a traditional business where everybody's an employee and everybody's taking a market level sale, not like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

All my, even though there are some of them, most of them are employees, but they're also like partners where they're not taking a market level salary, they're contributing and they're taking some sacrifice.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So in India, we have Tabos India.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So we have 20.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Okay, you have 20 people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Yeah, so it's not that they're working for free, but they're working on a minimum wage.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Yeah, so basically, right, so we have that funding we raised last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

And we're still using part of that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

And also we have some revenues.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So combined everything, we're able to turn the lights on.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Okay, so now, so our problem is we haven't focused on the sales until now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So now our platform is stabilized and our users have started getting happier.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So now we're going to focus on sales.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So I'm going to hire a full-time salesperson.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So the idea is to focus on the sales

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

I established the full sales process.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So when I say hire, it's not that I'm going to completely outsource it or completely hand it over.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

So I'll be part of that sales process.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

But the problem right now is I have involved in too many areas.