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Ross Andrew Paquette

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Ross Andrew Paquette on equity ownership in bootstrapped vs. funded startups, founder sales capability, sales team development. Explore 3 viewpoints by topic, with evidence from 1 source.

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founder sales capability

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Paquette distinguishes investor pitches from product demos

Paquette says he knows very few founders who can actually sell. He notes that founders can sell to investors, yet says their performance in an actual product demo probably would not be that great.

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Bootstrapping From a $500K Goal to a $50M Company

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I know very few founders who can actually sell. They can sell investors, but if you put them on the phone to do an actual product demo, it probably wouldn't be that great.
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I'll just have 10 customers, you know, paying 50k a year, 500,000. And that was like the business plan. Moving from, you know, founder, founder, led founder, Sol, I used to call it Ross and Company, you know, to an actual organization.

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Took 10 years to build a sales team that operated without him

Ross Andrew Paquette states it took approximately 10 years to develop a sales organization capable of functioning independently of his direct involvement.

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Bootstrapping From a $500K Goal to a $50M Company

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That's been really hard. Like, we've spent 10 years trying to get there and we're just getting there now, which is quite painful when I. When I look back.
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equity ownership in bootstrapped vs. funded startups

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Paquette contrasts ownership incentives in bootstrapped and funded businesses

Paquette contrasts owning a bootstrapped business with “going through the fundraising” and “not working evenings and weekends.” He associates the latter situation with ownership of “less than 10% usually,” and says he would not work if he were in that position.

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Bootstrapping From a $500K Goal to a $50M Company

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I mean, like, when you're bootstrapping a business, you own 100 of it. When you're going through the fundraising and, you know, not working evenings and weekends, you end up owning less than 10% usually. Best case, to be honest with you, if I were. I speak about this quite frequently. Like, if I were in those shoes, I definitely wouldn't work.
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