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GROWTH
STRATEGY
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How to Master
the Art of
Selling!
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Hey there, tech startup
founders!
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If you're reading
this, you probably
know the struggle
all too well. Many
of you, especially
those without a
background in
sales, often find
yourselves
wrestling with the
sales process.
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It's like,
how do you
even begin to
identify your
ideal
customers?
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And when you
do find them,
how on earth
do you pitch
your product
in a way that
truly
resonates?
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Each pitch can
feel like a shot
in the dark, and
more often than
not, it misses the
mark. Sound
familiar?
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Building a sales
pipeline can feel
like climbing a
never-ending
mountain.
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You might be
thinking, "How am
I supposed to keep
track of all these
leads and
follow-ups?" It's
tough, right?
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adsteam on
Giphy
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And the challenge
only gets bigger
when you're
wearing multiple
hats.
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As a founder,
you're not just
focused on sales;
you're also
juggling product
development,
marketing,
customer service,
and who knows what
else.
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Balancing all
these roles leaves
little room for
focused, strategic
sales efforts. So,
how do you manage
it all?
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This journey
you're on, filled
with ups and
downs, is
something many
early-stage
entrepreneurs
face. It's not
just you.
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Every founder has
been there,
figuring out how
to get their sales
process off the
ground. But here's
the thing: it's
all part of the
growth journey.
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With time,
support, and a bit
of persistence,
you'll find your
rhythm. So, what
strategies have
worked for you so
far, and where do
you feel you need
the most help?
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Let's navigate
this journey
together. I can't
wait to share some
invaluable
resources that
will transform
your sales process
and make it
smoother than
ever. Curious to
know more?
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Keep reading to
discover the
secrets that can
take your
startup's sales
strategy to the
next level!
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What is a
Sales
Funnel?
(& What
You Should
Make
Instead) (Link)
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How to
Build an
Effective
Sales Funnel (Link)
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How to
Create a
Sales Funnel
for Tech
Startups (Link)
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How
Conversion
Funnels
Create a
Better
Customer
Journey (Link)
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Sales
Funnel
Optimization:
9 Ways to
Maximize
Conversions (Link)
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Startups'
Guide to
Optimizing
Conversion
Funnels (Link)
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How
AI-powered
chatbots are
transforming
marketing
and sales
operations (Link)
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How can
AI-powered
chatbots
drive sales? (Link)
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The
marketing
funnel in
2024: How AI
can fuel
growth (Link)
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Lean into
AI to engage
and convert
customers
across the
funnel (Link)
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Free AI
Chatbot
Builder (Link)
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Conversational
AI for Sales
in 2024 (Link)
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What Does
the
Abolition of
Angel Tax
Mean for
India’s
Startup
Ecosystem? (Link)
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Can Selling
Flowers From
a Pickup
Truck Really
Make $16,000
a Month? Her
Journey
Revealed! (Link)
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How Did
They Become
Millionaires?
Four Success
Stories
Share One
Simple Tip (Link)
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Starting
Small,
Aiming Big:
15
Budget-Friendly
Micro SaaS
Business
Ideas for
High Returns (Link)
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What
Matters Most
in a
Startup?
Anshu
Sharma, CEO
of Skyflow,
Shares Key
Insights (Link)
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From Vision
to Reality:
Palmer
Luckey's
Journey to
Creating the
First Oculus
VR Headset
at 16 (Link)
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The 28
Secrets I
Learned the
Hard Way:
Essential
Rules for
20-Something
Startup
Founders (Link)
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How
Repetitive
Training in
Sport
Translates
to Building
Billion-Dollar
Startups:
Luke
Trickett’s
Story (Link)
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-
Cybersecurity
firm Wiz CEO
calls off
$23 billion
deal with
Google,seeks
IPO (Link)
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Perplexity
AI has
integrated
Meta's Llama
3.1 405b for
all Pro
users. (Link)
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Is Meta’s
Llama 3.1
405B the
Ultimate AI
Solution for
Complex
Problems? (Link)
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Alphabet’s
Revenue
Growth
Fueled by
Cloud
Computing
and Search
Ads (Link)
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The Impact
of Google’s
Cookie
Decision on
the Future
of the
Internet (Link)
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Will AI
Agents Team
Up to Solve
Problems?
Capgemini
Predicts a
Collaborative
AI Future by
2025 (Link)
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Inside Elon
Musk’s Race
Against
NVIDIA: The
Impact of AI
Supercomputer
Costs and
Supply
Limits (Link)
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Gen Z's
Career
Dilemma: Why
Manufacturing
Could Be a
Safer Bet
Amidst AI
and Student
Debt
Challenges (Link)
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How Open
Source AI
Could
Redefine
Innovation
and Combat
Global
Surveillance:
Insights
from
Zuckerberg (Link)
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Mark
Zuckerberg’s
AI Solution:
How Bots
Could
Revolutionize
Content
Creation and
Audience
Engagement (Link)
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Adobe’s AI
Breakthrough:
Transform
Any Text
into
Editable
Content with
New
Photoshop
and
Illustrator
Tools (Link)
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-
Linx
Unveils $33M
Funding
Round to
Secure the
Identity
Perimeter (Link)
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Fairfax
Acquires
Sleep
Country in a
$1.24
Billion
Deal
(Link)
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Jake Paul's
Deodorant
Line Valued
at Over $150
Million (Link)
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Lead
Ventures
Launches
€100 Million
Fund to
Boost CEE
Startup
Ecosystem (Link)
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Plum Raises
£13.4
Million to
Expand Smart
Money
Management
App (Link)
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AI Startup
Cohere
Secures $500
Million in
Funding,
Valued at
$5.5 Billion (Link)
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AI
Visionary
Sam
Kroonenburg
Secures $5.5
Million for
New Startup
Cuttable (Link)
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With $22
Million in
New Funding,
Posh Aims to
Become the
TikTok of
Small Events (Link)
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OpenAI-Backed
Harvey
Raises $100
Million to
Transform
Legal Tech (Link)
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AI RESEARCH
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AI's New Era:
How Llama-3-Groq
Models Are
Shaping the
Future
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Llama-3-Groq-70B-Tool-Use
and
Llama-3-Groq-8B-Tool-Use
are new AI models
developed by
Glaive.
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These models are
designed to
improve function
calling and tool
usage in AI
systems. They have
achieved high
accuracy rates and
are available on
GroqCloud™
Developer Hub and
Hugging Face.
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These models use
advanced training
methods to ensure
high performance
without relying on
user data.
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⭐ Key Insights
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Top
Performers:
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Availability: Both
models can
be accessed
on
GroqCloud™
Developer
Hub and
Hugging
Face.
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Licensing: They are
released
under a
permissive
license,
similar to
the original
Llama-3
models.
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Training
Approach: Achieved
top
performance
using full
fine-tuning
and Direct
Preference
Optimization
(DPO),
without
using any
user
data.
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Benchmark
Achievements: Confirmed
high
accuracy
rates with
minimal
contamination
through
comprehensive
analysis.
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Hybrid
Model
Strategy:
Recommends
using a
combination
of these
models with
general-purpose
language
models for
optimal
performance.
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Why This is
Important
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These new
Llama-3-Groq
models
represent a
significant
advancement in
AI
capabilities
for function
calling and
tool use. Their high
accuracy and
robust performance
make them valuable
tools for
developers and
researchers.
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