New pod is up! Aaron Ross: Author of “Predictable Revenue” and “From Impossible to Inevitable”

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March 03, 2022

by an investor from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Toronto, ON, Canada

In this week's episode, I interview Aaron Ross, who many of you may know from his book Predictable Revenue, which is often referred to as “The Sales Bible of Silicon Valley”. Most recently, Aaron published From Impossible to Inevitable, a book co-written alongside Jason Lemkin (serial tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and founder of SaaStr.com, the world’s #1 resource for SaaS entrepreneurs).

This was a really interesting discussion for me, in part because it was completely different from the conversation that I was expecting to have. Given my familiarity with Aaron’s books, I was expecting to get very tactical on all things sales (which we do, especially in the second half of our discussion), but we ended up spending a substantial amount of time talking about Aaron’s current passion, which is speaking openly about stress, exhaustion, anxiety, energy management, and the information overload that he says are creating an energy pandemic and an emotional pandemic within the entrepreneurial community.

For regular listeners of this podcast, you’ll know that I am totally game for such conversations. Please enjoy - link below:


Aaron Ross: Author of “Predictable Revenue” and “From Impossible to Inevitable”

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from Concordia College, Moorhead in Minneapolis, MN, USA
Love it. How involved should the CEO of a small company be in the sales process of their company? This was an important question that came up in the interview. Aaron Ross gives the right answer..."it depends." He goes on to provide a thoughtful answer and I believe there is one very critical detail that got left out. If you are building your company to be valuable and attractive to an acquirer some day, you will be well served to figure our how sales can happen WITHOUT the CEO involved. Acquirers want to buy a company that sustains and grows without the chief executive involved at the level of sales. If the best salesperson (or one of the best) on the team is the CEO, you will shortchange the value of your company.
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from INSEAD in Riga, Latvia
Thank you for sharing. Very helpful
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