14 Invaluable Resources for Success

What’s up, it’s Zayd.

When people join the team at Valley, I share a Startup Guidebook I created with them. It’s a list of the best resources I’ve found on building a startup over the last several years.

In today’s newsletter, I’m sharing some of those resources with you.

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Zayd’s Picks

My favorite finds of the week.

• Why your cold emails are landing in spam (link)

• Your cold emails should make people feel good (link)

• Don’t sell through users to get buyers (link)

• Habits that lead to PMF with founder-led sales (link)

• The traditional outbound playbook is dead (link)

• Growth survey insights from 100+ companies (link)

14 Resources for Building a Successful Startup

Whether you’re a/an:

• founder engaging in founder-led sales

• AE at a big company

• SDR at a small company

…understanding the principles behind building a successful company is insanely valuable.

It builds empathy for what other team members are working on and gives a better idea of what you’re working toward.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Product-Market Fit

Understanding the product-market is insanely important in sales. If you’re constantly coming up on resistance, these resources might help you think through the framing of the product and the market you’re pitching it to.

• The Secret to Finding PMF is Focus (link)

• 10 Principles for Finding PMF from the Startup Archive (link)

• A Framework for Finding PMF (Lenny’s Podcast) (link)

Execution

Execution is at the core of it all.

• Sam Altman’s Guide on Productivity (link)

• Framework for Doing Less and Doing Better (podcast) (link)

• Insanely Valuable Lecture on How to Operate (link)

• ^An Article About That Video (if you don’t feel like watching a 45 min video) (link)

• How to Amp Up the Pace (link)

Product

The better you understand the product journey, the better you’re able to connect with prospects. While you might not be on the product team, understanding the fundamentals is helpful.

• How to Increase Your Retention (link)

• Product Management for Early Stage Startups (link)

• Designing Your Product Development Process (link)

Engineering

You might not be an engineer, but I think it’s super important for everyone on a team to understand the principles behind building the product.

• Always Be Shipping (podcast) (link)

Customer Success

After you’ve closed a prospect, you might hand them off to someone who handles the onboarding and retention aspect of things. Again, understanding how this works is insanely valuable as a salesperson.

• Mastering Onboarding with the Head of Growth at Airtable (link)

• From Customer to Cohorts - Leading Indicators of Retention (link)

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