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Podcast: The SaaS Podcast - AI, Growth & Product-Market Fit for SaaS Founders
Episode: Founder-Led Sales: How Close.io Hit 7 Figures
Description: Steli Efti dropped out of school at 17, flew to San Francisco with a one-way ticket, and asked a stranger at SFO how to get to Silicon Valley. Five years and one failed startup later, his team's internal sales tool became Close.io - built on founder-led sales hustle that generated seven figures with just six people.
Steli breaks down how Close.io pivoted from an outsourced sales services company to a profitable SaaS, why founder-led sales is about asking the right questions instead of pushing pitches, and how content marketing became the only growth channel they ever...