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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by urthor on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:13AM (#30343365)
They don't advertise to consumers.

They have an enormous B2B sales team.

Sales reps are for B2B, not B2C.

Generally speaking, business to business customers expect a certain amount of investment from your company into integrating with them when they offer you a contract.

Sales is part of this.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by mythz on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:20AM (#30343406)
"Sells itself" means the product able to stand on its own and raise awareness without paying for advertising to do it.

You of course need people to sign contracts & complete the purchase, that's irrelevant to how well the product is able to raise awareness without advertising, i.e. people interested in buying Tesla's didn't hear about it through any of their advertising.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by kcplate on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:40AM (#30343490)
I imagine Shannyn Sneed must sit around all day doing nothing then.
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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by mythz on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:48AM (#30343534)
The only person I know that works for Tesla is Elon Musk, who's made a point to say they don't pay or advertising or endorsements https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1129924410339495937
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