Lean Sales & Marketing

We're putting together a meetup all about making sales. Whether you're doing direct sales with individuals or trying a subscription model, getting traction -- and revenues -- is key to any lean startup.

This month will be a mix of companies from pre-launch to those that are already a success. Here's what you'll learn from our speaker lineup.

Kunal Arora (@karoramj23 (http://twitter.com/karoramj23)) and Vikram Rao, Founders of Tuee (http://tueeit.com/), will talk about:

@tueeit (http://twitter.com/tueeit)

• How to sell to difficult customers
• How to build a product people want
• Early customer development and interview hacks
• Why you need to sell the problem, not the solution

Zvi Band (@skeevis (http://twitter.com/skeevis)), Founder & CEO of Contactually (http://contactually.com), will discuss:

@contactually (http://twitter.com/contactually)

• Lessons learned from a year of successful enterprise b-to-b sales
• Marketing hacks for subscription sales
• Internal processes you should have to aid in sales
• What to actually track

Joe Colangelo (@itsjoeco (http://twitter.com/itsjoeco)), Founder & CEO of Gramicon (https://www.gramicon.com/), will talk about:

@gramiconer (http://twitter.com/gramiconer)

• Sponsored tweets - and how to engage celebrities
• Offering incentives to test purchases
• How to use Hacker News for early traction
• Using microtasks

Jamey Jeff (@jameyjeff (http://twitter.com/jameyjeff)), Founder of Remarkable Hire (http://remarkablehire.com), will discuss:

@remarkablehire (http://twitter.com/remarkablehire)

• How to transition from customer development to sales
• Building a pipeline before launch - and then leveraging it after
• The best sales tools
• Picking your sales entry point - end user or corporate decision maker?

Anton Gelman (@antonreport (http://twitter.com/antonreport)), Founder & CEO of Cont3nt (http://cont3nt.com), will talk about:

@cont3nt (http://twitter.com/cont3nt)

• How to social engineer your pipeline
• Tailoring your outreach
• Crafting your sales pitch
• Using salesmanship - get out there and get customers

Ryan Healy (@rjhealy (http://twitter.com/rjhealy)), Founder & COO of Brazen Careerist (http://brazencareerist.com) will talk about:

@brazencareerist (http://brazencareerist.com)

• How to find the best prospects to target
• The difference between customer development and sales
• How to price your product for sales pitches
• Problem finding as an essential skill for sales

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RSVPs are open!

6:30 pm - We'll start the night with networking and snacks.

6:50 pm - Speaker lineup will begin.

8:30 pm - After the event, we'll all head over to Hyatt Bar & Lounge to drink responsibly, and generally be merry.

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