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ClassDojo

By ClassDojo

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Hire a Founder-Cosplayer, Not a Salesperson

For the first enterprise rep, hire someone who can cosplay the founder — vision, not scripts.

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Own-the-Framing Design Partnerships

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Pull, Not Praise: Reading Real Product-Market Fit Signals

Judge customer calls by the questions they ask, not the compliments they give.

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Sell the Alpha (Gap Selling vs Problem Selling)

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The Dummy Explanation (Escape Your Bubble)

Write every message as if the reader knows nothing about you, your product, or your market.

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The Friction Commitment Test

Deliberately make the next step hard to filter for buyers who truly want it.

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The SMB-or-Enterprise Binary (Mid-Market Doesn't Exist)

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Tier-One Logo First

Chase the Walmarts and Nvidias first — the market leaders are your real early adopters.

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