Our mission
To help businesses grow revenue with Artificial General Intelligence.
The Opportunity
"The average public SaaS company spends 50% of revenue on sales" - Jason Lemkin
Aakash and I never started with sales. Instead, we were trying to find a way to grow revenue for our side business: Daily Dropout.
DailyDropout.FYI was a pandemic project - newsletter - that grow up to 100,000 subscribers. We made money by selling ad slots to advertisers....
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Operating Principles
Learn more about how we work.
Writing Culture
Writing is our superpower. Every employee contributes to our organism of thought via writing, from all hands to eng specs. Show Read more about how Stripe built a writing culture:https://slab.com/blog/stripe-writing-culture/
Hackathon Mentality
We operate on hackathon speed: high velocity, launch when uncomfortable, and try new things. Fun Fact Our founding team's been to 140+ hackathons. We've led CalHacks, the world's largest collegiate hackathon and embody a hacker's mentality at work. We also host a company hackathon every quarter.
Disinfect with sunlight
We solve problems by first putting sunlight on the issue. If we see something falling behind, we'll build a dashboard or Slack channel so it's visible to everyone. Learn More Read more about "Genchi Genbutsu", or 'Go and See' in Japanese, inspired by the Founder of Toyota here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genchi_Genbutsu
We love Schlep
Schlep is really boring, annoying problems that everyone overlooks, but is critical for UX. Solving schlep at SellScale is fun! Learn More Read more schlep from this essay by Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator: https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html
Delta force
A unit of A players beats an army of B players. At SellScale, we push limits of what one person can do, double down on internal talent, and hold a high performance bar. Learn More Instagram had only 13 employees when sold for $1bn: https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-employees-and-investors-2012-4
The Wizard of Oz
Before engineering anything, we do it manually to understand tech & processes from first principles. Learn More This concept is from the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. In it, characters meet a giant head that appears to be a powerful wizard, only to learn that it’s an ordinary man pulling levers behind a screen.
Remote Friendly
We are based in Silicon Valley (SF, SJ) and are remote friendly! Strong writing + async culture that encourages collaboration and speed.
Offsites once a quarter
Every quarter, we organize offsite retreats to exciting locations, fostering team bonding and sparking creative ideas in a relaxed environment.
We offer unlimited PTO
We believe in work-life balance. With unlimited PTO, you can take the time you need to recharge, ensuring you're always at your best when you’re working.
Working at SellScale
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Open Roles
Join our team of ambitious builders reimagining the way teams scale their growth.
Founding Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Full stack & AI Product Development
Founding Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Full stack & AI Product Development
"We love Ishan and Aakash.
We see huge opportunity in streamlining software + people in sales"
Pejman Nozad
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Founder at Pear.VC