Startup Success Through Sales: Strategies for Growth and Scaling:
‘90 per cent of startups that fail, fail because of sales.’ – says Klaus Wächter, sales expert, business angel, serial founder and inventor of the Startup Sales Canvas. In this course, you will learn how to successfully sell products or services as a startup. Sales are a decisive factor for the success of your start-up, because without sales there is no growth and no scaling.
In this course, you will learn about the most important aspects of sales for start-ups. Starting with the creation of a sales strategy through to its implementation in practice.
For more information about the SalesCanvas, the Business Angels Rheinland-Pfalz or the profile of Klaus wächter visit the following pages:
Video 1: Start and introduction
Video 2: Why do startups fail?
Video 3: Salesstrategy
Video 4: Positioning
Video 5: Competition and Unique selling point
It is important to know who you share the market with and how your unique selling point (USP) sets you apart from the rest of the competition.
You can access the chapters of the video at the bottom of the screen.
Video 6: Target gropus
Video 7: Buyer persona
Video 8: Distribution channels
Video 9: Price and price models
Video 10: Marketing
Marketing describes all the measures you can use to bring services and products to customers.
You can access the chapters of the video at the bottom of the screen.
Video 11: Numbers, datas, facts
Contact
Do you have questions or are you looking for an investor? Get in touch with Klaus Wächter:
Klaus Wächter
Iconex KG
Sebastian-Kneipp-Str. 45
56179 Vallendar
Email: waechter@i-conex.de
Links, Downloads and Templates
Further Links:
Bessemer Venture Partners: Distribution and conversion models for consumer startups – published at: https://www.bvp.com/atlas/investor-field-notes-distribution-and-conversion-models-for-consumer-startups#Distribution-tactics
How VCs make investment decisions. Part 3: Distribution – published at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-vcs-make-investment-decisions-part-3-distribution-innofund-vc/
Best practice examples – 10 Top Distribution Startups and Companies in Germany – published at: https://www.f6s.com/companies/distribution/germany/co
Podcast: Startup101 #3 – Sales – published at: https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2022/03/14/startup101-3-vertrieb/
„First, build distribution for your vision, then develop your product“ – published at: https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2021/08/27/gruenderalltag-bastian-maiworm/
„The 10 most common mistakes founders make in B2B sales“ – published at: https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2021/04/23/die-10-haeufigsten-fehler-b2b-vertrieb/
„Never outsource your sales to external service providers“ – published at: https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2020/06/15/nuucon-interview-pivot/
Downloads:
Startup Sales Canvas & Slides from the Video: https://seafile.rlp.net/d/0bc9a268486c4c02b93d/