Eric Friedman – Page 4 – Thoughts early stage ventures

The yin and yang of the engineering team and the sales team

There is a balance between developers and sales people that allows them to get along. This is sometimes the result of one team pushing the other to its limits, often the …

Eric Friedman June 19, 2015

To build a network, first help a network

I was talking to a friend a couple of weeks ago who wanted to break into and meet people within a specific vertical of startup tech companies. His approach was …

Eric Friedman June 17, 2015

The State of US Tech Funding

The folks at Andreesen Horowitz and Benedict Evans put together this great presentation on The State of US Tech Funding. It is embedded below and a lot of it rings true …

Eric Friedman June 16, 2015

Sales Machine: What is a roller coaster rep?

One of the best parts about my events series Building The Sales Machine are the great nuggets I learn from speakers. The latest of which is the question of; “What …

Eric Friedman June 9, 2015

Running apps for beginner runners

The state of running apps has certainly changed. I went running Sunday for the first time in years, and wanted to see what the latest and greatest options were to …

Eric Friedman June 7, 2015

5 Years at Foursquare

I have spent the past year or so working on the latest advertising offering from Foursquare called Pinpoint. It’s really the culmination of my five years working Foursquare and an …

Eric Friedman June 3, 2015

Building the Sales Machine: Milind Mehere Co-Founder of Yodle

We are having our next Building the Sales Machine event next month with Milind Mehere Co-Founder of Yodle. We are excited to learn from one of the best sales operators …

Eric Friedman April 27, 2015

Building the Sales Machine Event: Bryan Rutcofsky from Yext

We recently hosted another Building the Sales Machine event at Foursquare HQ and it was great to see so many people working on building sales and revenue from NYC and …

Eric Friedman February 18, 2015

The startup accelerator application process

One piece of advice I have found helpful to new founders is going through the application process for startup programs. Whether an accelerator, incubator, launch, or other flavor of program …

Eric Friedman December 8, 2014

Building The Sales Machine Event: Bryan Rutcofsky VP of Sales SMB – Yext

Our next Building the Sales Machine event is happening and this time I am happy to welcome Bryan Rutcofsky from Yext. These events are open to anyone who is building …

Eric Friedman December 5, 2014