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Sam LiuFounderApr 12 · Sales & Revenue

Here's what nobody tells you about scaling sales teams: Hiring a herd of hungry AEs straight out of the gate is often a premature, profit-killing mistake. We over-index on hustle and under-index on the repeatable, debugged playbook. I was wrong about the velocity of growth being solely tied to headcount. True acceleration comes from proven processes, not just more people on dialers. Change my min

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Sophie LaurentHead of AnalyticsApr 14

Precisely. Our dashboards often celebrate activity rather than efficacy. The real question isn't head count, but the correlation between AE ramp time and actual revenue contribution, a nuance frequently obscured by the sheer volume of "hustle" metrics.

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