sammyslayer

Senior AE

Moving to my first VC funded SaaS Start-Up: What to Expect?

Comrades,

I'll be joining a 2 year old VC funded SaaS organization this coming Monday and have prior experience from PE funded small/mid size start up. Curious if the collective has any nugs for me!

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braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Standing desks and snacks

cw95

Politicker

Head of SDR

+ Away days in which everyone speaks freely. Irony intended!

cw95

Politicker

Head of SDR

Fun, Fun, challenges, fun, arguments, pints, fun, annoyance, fun, anxiety, fun, arguments, fun, fun, small nights out, fun, office abuse, fun, arguments, fun, G&T, pints, shots, fun.

sammyslayer

Opinionated

Senior AE

Sounds like I made the right decision sans office abuse. Appreciate the insight @cw95

cw95

Politicker

Head of SDR

Oh when I said office abuse I meant like friendly joking haha, should has been more specific!

LordBusiness

Politicker

Chief Revenue Officer

lets try this....shit, let's try this....shit, let's try this....shit, lets try this.....this is awesome!!, Lets try this....shit....

sammyslayer

Opinionated

Senior AE

You know, after a year and a half at a PE funded "start-up" that's been my experience largely. A ton of technical debt and a lot of knots in the back ends muddying what we can do for the customer. Hopefully on to greener pastures!

amyhyoung

Politicker

Vp ops

Things move FAST. And because of that, may have limited documentation / process so heads up. But the ride is very fun. Good luck!

sammyslayer

Opinionated

Senior AE

Something I'm familiar with in the Org I'm currently leaving. They're bringing me in to help build out sustainable process and craft GTM strategy. I'll be buckling up!

Rallier

Politicker

SDR Manager and Consultant

You'll learn that VC's are really the one in control. Lot's of pressure to hit goals

sammyslayer

Opinionated

Senior AE

Boooo. But, thanks for the heads up @rallier!

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Mostly build as you go. Huge roadmap you start selling. Lots of fun. High pace just get it done mentality. Only 1 thing counts - growth.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

The excitement makes me think about jumping back in.

FlintIronstag

Notorious Answer

Chief Marketing Officer

At my third and just be prepared for constant change. This is nothing new. But at my first I was on four teams in three years, that was pretty stable considering.

Second one I had four bosses (one was a consultant) in 12 months.

Third one is dealing with CEO bandwidth problems.

Each one has it's own struggles but one thing I've learned is nothing goes as planned and all you can do is make sales and try to enjoy the experience.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

all the VC care's about is profit. If the VC is who is running the show, expect very aggressive quotas and a lot of pressure to perform.

If the VC is just sitting in the background cutting checks and the company has its founders, recruited executives, etc running the show then what I said does not apply lol.

kelvin26

Fire Starter

administrative manager

https://timebrookinvestment.com/u/sign_up?r=kryptotitan

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