Fair point. I think when it comes to sales, he is not very confident so he talks himself down. I suggested a sales book for him to read and we shall see where he comes out on that.

I feel like he is personable and gets on well with people. He's also a hard worker. So I think it could work but I acknowledge it's a risk.

I also think two pedigree guys from XYZ asset management firm launching a SaaS company will find it easier to raise capital from VCs than a solo founder.

> I also think two pedigree guys from XYZ asset management firm launching a SaaS company will find it easier to raise capital from VCs than a solo founder.

If you can sign and retain customers at ~$15k-$100k/yr with any kind of scale on a product you basically built in your spare time, prepare for your pedigree to come up ~0 times in fundraising conversations.

Which book did you recommend? Maybe others can make suggestions as well.

The book is: New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

https://www.amazon.com/New-Sales-Simplified-Prospecting-Deve...

I read it in January and found it really helpful