Main Responsibilities of an Entrepreneur at an Early Stage Start Up
As an entrepreneur and startup founder, main responsibilities are "selling and recruiting," with recruiting framed as "basically just selling with a few extra steps"; this involves significant customer meetings, targeted outreach, in-depth research, and continuous development of new business strategies, emphasizing that "you're always selling."
Entrepreneurship, Sales, Recruiting, Business Development, Leadership
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Jorrel Sto Tomas
Entrepreneur, Founder
Early Stage Start Up
UC Berkeley
N/A
Economics, Political Science, American Studies
Technology
Business Strategy
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Main responsibilities are selling and recruiting, with recruiting being selling with extra steps.
2. Involves customer meetings, outbound outreach, and research to understand who to reach out to.
3. Includes developing new ways to grow the business, requiring wearing many hats but always focusing on selling.
Transcript
What are your main responsibilities within your role?
As someone who starts a lot of companies, my main responsibility is always selling and recruiting. Recruiting is basically just selling with a few extra steps.
What that looks like is customer meetings, outbound outreach, and research so I can get to know who I'm reaching out to. Lastly, it involves coming up with new ways to develop the business. There are many different things that go on in a business, so you're always wearing a lot of hats, but at the end of the day, you're always selling.