{"id":8080,"date":"2026-06-25T02:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/startup-founders-need-a-new-sales-playbook\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:16:53","slug":"startup-founders-need-a-new-sales-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/en\/startup-founders-need-a-new-sales-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Founders Need a New Sales Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__UwInRW__text\" data-first-paragraph=\"true\">Starting a technology company in today\u2019s world is fundamentally different from doing so a decade ago. Innovation cycles have accelerated and go-to-market execution has become more complex. Buyers are flooded with competing solutions, and founders face a level of skepticism and noise that traditional sales methodologies were not designed to address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Startup #Founders #Sales #Playbook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting a technology company in today\u2019s world is fundamentally different from doing so a decade ago. Innovation cycles have accelerated and go-to-market execution has become more complex. 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