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by nathan-muir 4303 days ago
> Who better to sell the product than the founding team?

and

> You can't rely on others to sell the product you built.

Agree 100%, we had the same epiphany a 6 months ago; actually _selling your product_ is one of the most important jobs as a founder.

Also, I don't think you can [reasonably] pay someone a salary, and expect the same level of understanding & drive that the founders posses. And, it also seems that understanding & drive are much more important than clever marketing plans when selling B2B software.

Funnily enough, we're selling to the same market, although we help with the estimating & quantifying side of dealing with Blueprints - https://groundplan.com/