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Every decision matters when you're building a business. Here's the no-fluff, tactical advice founders and builders actually use to win.

Featured Articles

Sales in 2025: Simple, Results-Driven Strategies to Land Your First Deal

Steli Efti
October 2, 2025

Founder's Guide to Startup Sales: How to Build, Operate & Scale a Founder-Led Sales Process

Nick Persico
February 10, 2025
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How to Scale from 0 to 1,000 Customers (Without Breaking Everything)

Steli Efti
October 24, 2024

How to Automatically Qualify and Call Inbound Leads with AI

Desiree Echevarria
May 22, 2026

Your Biggest Competitor Isn’t Another Company. It’s You.

Steli Efti
May 7, 2025

598% More Calls, 32% More Deals—Turns Out Sales Calls Aren't Dead

Liz Stephany
March 7, 2025

The Rise of the Small, Scaling Business

Desiree Echevarria
February 3, 2025

How to Ditch Imposter Syndrome and Own Your Success

Kaleigh Moore
January 24, 2025

What Startups Get Wrong About Product-Market Fit

Steli Efti
December 19, 2024

Why You Need Core Values Before You Scale

Steli Efti
December 5, 2024

Startup Hiring: Finding the Right People at the Right Time

Steli Efti
November 21, 2024

Founder-Led Content: A Secret Weapon for Startup Growth

Steli Efti
November 14, 2024

How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot Your Startup

Steli Efti
October 10, 2024

The Founder’s Dilemma: Scaling Operations Beyond Solopreneurship

Steli Efti
September 10, 2024

Sales Automation: How Small Businesses Win Against Bigger Competitors

Desiree Echevarria
May 31, 2024

Building Sales Teams from Scratch - Navigating Sales Hiring for Startups (+ Key Stages)

Nick Persico
March 20, 2024

How to Win More Business: 5 Pitching & Presentation Tips for 2026

Tian Hunt
December 13, 2023

Build a Product Launch Strategy: 17 Steps to Nail Your Product Launch the First Time

Steli Efti
June 5, 2023

Enterprise Sales Guide: Process, Sales Cycle, Strategies & More

Steli Efti
March 27, 2023

7 business lessons startup founders can learn from free sales training

Steli Efti
April 26, 2022

How to Take Your Startup From $0 to $25M ARR with Scott Leese

Scott Leese
February 7, 2022

5 Tips to Grow Your Business with Handwritten Notes to Prospects

David Wachs
January 14, 2022

Why I Pivoted from SaaS to Startup Sales Consulting

Harris Kenny
January 10, 2022

3 Lessons I Learned from 20 Years in Logistics Sales

Millisa Nwokolo
November 23, 2021

Lean Startup Validation: Don't Be Cheap

Steli Efti
October 18, 2021

How to Pitch to Investors: Mistakes to Avoid and 8 Expert Tips to Level-Up Your Pitch

Amy Copadis
October 12, 2020

Lean Startup Experiments: Hiring Humans Instead of Building Technology

Steli Efti
July 1, 2020

Hiring for Startups: How to Recruit the Un-Recruitable

Steli Efti
October 3, 2019

Want to move up the startup ladder? Start managing from day one

Steli Efti
July 16, 2018

Investors Turn Founders into Insecure Little Teenagers

Steli Efti
January 24, 2018

SaaS Sales For Startup Founders (free book)

Steli Efti
October 25, 2017

How Startups Can Align Inside Sales & Inbound Marketing

Steli Efti
August 16, 2017

Want to Start a Company in Silicon Valley? Don’t Do What I Did (the First Time)

Steli Efti
August 7, 2017

How to Overcome the "Your Startup is Too Small" Objection

Steli Efti
June 5, 2017

How One Intern Became a Co-Founder: The Power of Hustle and Initiative

Steli Efti
May 30, 2017

How to Keep Misalignment from Killing Your Startup

Steve Tartaglione
May 24, 2017

C-Level Sales for Startups: Ask for Advice, and You’ll Get Money

Steli Efti
May 1, 2017

Why this $15M revenue startup trains all their Account Managers with Close’s Product Demo book

Claudio Santori
March 29, 2017

Startup Recruiting: Play the “Game of Weakness”

Steli Efti
January 30, 2017

Why You Should Make the Jump to Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Real-Life Experiences

Steli Efti
July 8, 2016

This is How You Should Launch Your Startup

Steli Efti
June 13, 2016

Early B2B SaaS Growth: How to Go from 10 to 100 Customers

Steli Efti
February 10, 2016

From Million-Dollar Founder to Junior Sales Intern: A Journey of Sales Mastery

Ramin Assemi
July 3, 2015

Maybes are Killing Your Startup

Steli Efti
June 8, 2015

How Silicon Valley Made Me Think Small

Steli Efti
April 15, 2015

5 Steps for Startups to Re-Engage Past Demos & Close Lost Prospects

Ramin Assemi
March 24, 2015

Hack Your Y Combinator Interview & Get Accepted!

Steli Efti
June 20, 2014

From Cold Call to $17 Billion Startup: How Uber Got Started with Sales Calls!

Steli Efti
June 3, 2014
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