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Why Your Sales Hire Isn’t Working

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Customer Success is Sales. And Sales is Customer Success.

Wikings Machado and Dominique Levin Read
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Rethinking Product-Market Fit in the AI Age

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Tying Two Rocks Together: Why Venture-Backed Startups Should Exercise Caution When Considering Acquisitions

Lak Ananth

The conventional wisdom is that a particularly good time for venture-backed startups to acquire other startups is during an economic downturn, such as...

Armorblox Acquisition
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Armorblox Acquisition: Combining Vision and Character

T.J. Rylander

At its best, the role of venture capital investor is a supporting one. We care a lot about the teams we get to work with and feel honored to share in ...

Generative AI Landscape
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Generative AI Eight Months After the Launch of ChatGPT—Current Landscape, the Trajectory Forward, and Implications for the Enterprise

Next47

From credit card processing to powering early fleets of autonomous machines—AI has permeated our lives steadily over the last two decades. Against t...

Playbooks

Your First Board (Part 2): A Practical Guide to Getting Started

Lak Ananth and William Smith

In this second of two parts, we consider the details of preparing for and running that first board meeting—and the ones that follow.

Playbooks

Your First Board (Part 1): Building a Foundation for Success

Lak Ananth and William Smith

As you grow your startup, you’re going to reach the point where you need to put together your first board. When working on your Series A, it’s going to be a key element of your term sheet.

Partnering with Pando
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Next47’s Investment in Pando: Pioneering the Future of Logistics

Lak Ananth and Colton Dempsey

In recent years, the logistics and supply chain industries have experienced significant transformations, emphasizing the need to establish digital, gl...

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Making Your First Sales Hire? Avoid Some Common Mistakes

Lak Ananth and William Smith

As a startup scales, it will reach a point where the founders need to bring in a sales hire — they just can’t continue to do it all, nor should they.

PLAYBOOKS

Enterprise Founders Playbook: Seed to Series A

Trying to figure out what’s next in your enterprise startup’s journey? In this series, we explore the common questions enterprise founders have at the early stage and what can make the difference between success and failure as you move from Seed to Series A.

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Enterprise Sales Playbook: Unlock Your Market Potential

Ensure your go-to-market strategy aligns with the latest industry knowledge with our Enterprise Sales Playbook. Written by the Next47 team, sales experts, and founders, this series covers what you need to know to scale your business effectively.

Playbooks

Enterprise Talent Playbook: Expand Beyond Your Network and Know-How

Discover how founders can attract and retain world-class talent with our Enterprise Talent Playbook.

Playbooks

Anticipate Failure

Transform setbacks into stepping stones in Lak Ananth’s Anticipate Failure series, based on his book by the same name. In a world where innovation requires risk, learn how to turn failures into catalysts for success.

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