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Re:Ask HN: Important nonobvious startup/business lessons you... by alex_sf on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:57AM (#31355169)
> Sales isnt something you can learn to do

Strongly disagree. There is a consistent overlap between strong technical folks and skills/personalities that make it more difficult to learn to sell, but you can absolutely learn it.

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Re:Ask HN: Important nonobvious startup/business lessons you... by mickael-kerjean on Thursday May 12, 2022 @09:10PM (#31362062)
Spot on. As a techie learning sale for my side project, I will never be the best at sales in the same way someone out of a bootcamp doesn't match the skillset of a Bjarne Stroustrup or a Rich Hickey but quite often you don't have to be the best at something for it make the difference between 0 and something that grows.
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