The Cost of a Bad Hire | Startup Sales Leadership Edition

Amy Volas
9 min readAug 16, 2020

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“70% of SaaS First VP Sales don’t make it to 12 Months. It’s one of the most common, and also most devastating mishires in startups.” — Jason Lemkin

A bad hiring decision can cost you a TON of money, but for a startup, it could make-or-break your business.

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Amy Volas

Helping SaaS startups hire executive Sales and CS leaders without the cringe ⋆ Personally closed $100MM+ ⋆ Founder/CEO ⋆ 2 Exits ⋆ LP ⋆ Sharing lessons here