Like it or not, Founders have to sell
Whether you’re a Founder who loves sales or hates it, the future of your company depends on you understanding how it works on a fundamental level and being able to implement basic strategies yourself. If you don’t master this discipline, you’ll fall into the trap that so many founders do, where they have to hire 3 or 4 sales leaders before they find the right one. Don’t make that company killing mistake.
Sales LeaderS don’t need to learn how to sell
When Sales Leaders fail, it’s because they fail to set expectations. Founders are under a lot of pressure from their board to drive unrealistic targets, and as a sales leader, you’re under pressure to hit them. If you don’t recalibrate your relationship with the founders you’ll fall into a cycle of underachieving quotas and be replaced. Don’t make that career ending mistake.
Launch Sales
Find customers that, when you satisfy their needs, open up a multi-billion dollar market.
Funnelectomy
Cut your sales cycle in half, and get a realistic forecast of revenue in the pipeline.
Predictable Revenue
Find the key ingredient that helps make a sales process predictable, repeatable, and scalable.
Culture of excellence
Create a culture of excellence that reinforces itself and propagates as your company scales.
Sales Hiring Formula
Build a best practice hiring process to attract, hire and retain high performing sales reps.
Raising Capital
Find what would have to be true from a sales perspective to help you raise your next round. I help make that a reality
Insights
What people say about Kevin
Lots of YC founders have been asking me for sales coaching recommendations so I wanted to share one for all :) If you're looking for sales help, I recommend Kevin Ramani. He helped us build Elastic Sales (Sales-as-a-service) and Close.com where he helped dozens of startups solve unique sales challenges and build a repeatable sales playbook. His experience uniquely positions him to help B2B startups reach go-to-market fit and sale beyond.
-Steli Efti
CEO @ Close.com
Kevin's coaching has gone beyond sales strategy, and has impacted the core of Flume's business. He has helped me grow as a leader - giving me the tools to create a practical, structured approach to hitting the bar I have set for myself and the company.
-Cedric Kovacs-Johnson
CEO @Flume Health
I've known Kevin a long time and he would be a great fit at helping you unlock your next stage of growth. He was instrumental in his advice for building our early sales team at HouseCall Pro.
-Roland Ligtenberg
Co-Founder and SVP Growth @Housecall Pro
6 months ago we engaged Kevin Ramani as sales coach after suggestions by some of the co-founders in the Blackbird portfolio who were working with him. I have to admit, Kevin made miracles in Fleet and our sales are finally picking up. After 1 year of stable ARR, we 20X’ed growth in the last two months and all with incredible companies, and this is just the beginning. I think in this period of uncertainty for most of the startups, you should look into talking with Kevin.
-Flavia Nardini
CEO @ Fleet Space Technologies
"Kevin was incredibly helpful, and shared tons of helpful insights about sales best practices, how to build a sales team, how to effectively close inbound leads, how to write a great sales drip sequence, etc. All his advice were also very actionable and can have an immediate impact on our company. Thanks Kevin! "
- Tim Zheng
CEO @Apollo.io
"Kevin's knowledge from his work at Close.io is super relevant for other fast growing SaaS companies that can learn from his challenges and successes!"
- Dan Schwartz
CEO @ InvestorFuse
"Kevin knows his stuff. Invest in a call. The ROI is there!"
- William Griggs
Founder @ VirtualRealityRental.co
"Kevin was willing to jump on the call and WORK! His advice for cold email is something we're going to implement immediately and his list building suggestions were helpful too. Also got a good idea on how to figure out a realistic minimum and maximum cost for leads. Thanks Kevin!"
- Lance Johnson
Founder @ Whiteboard Geeks
"One of the best sales coach! Kevin was able to quickly diagnose our sales issues and provide strategic direction with specific tactics to help. Incredible insights."
- Robert Zhou
CEO @ Big 6 Media
POdcast
Get in Touch
Email me at email@kevinramani.com or book a call here.