erex78

4 года назадdiscuss

There are two aspects here:

- being efficient with your time: not wasting time on distractions, keeping meetings short etc.

- knowing what to spend time on: doing the activities that will actually drive to your goals rather than feel like you are.

erex78

4 года назадdiscuss

We called them and asked if we could come visit in person and learn more about their business. I think you’ll be surprised how open people are to help - especially if you’re curious and let them talk about themselves.

erex78

4 года назадdiscuss

I'm the founder of a venture-backed company in my 30s with two young kids under five. My co-founder is also in the same boat. A few points:

1. My wife works in a well paying field (nothing crazy, but comfortable), and we were financially stable enough to be able to live without my salary for a couple years.

2. We were very customer focused from day one, even before we incorporated. We signed up several customers (using LOIs) with just a deck, before we wrote any software.

3. We discovered a very clearly defined problem, a payer and clear willingness to pay.

4. I don't work like I used to. I feel much wiser about how I spend my time rather than brute forcing it with hours. Because of the two kids, I effectively work 9-5, M-F. I don't work weekends. During 9-5 though, I am dialed-in (I don't spend time reading the news or checking instagram). I delegate much more aggressively than I used to. I don't think I'm actually outputting much less than I used to, I'm just more efficient and focus on the more important things.

5. Venture - this is what it's for. There is still a bunch of venture out there for seed/pre-seed. We raised money early on and that allowed us to take small salaries (and hire folks to delegate things to).

100% it's definitely not as easy to start up in this stage of life, but it's also not impossible. Happy to connect with folks who want to connect (commiserate?) about this situation.

erex78

4 года назадdiscuss

August Health | Account Executive / Customer Success | Distributed team (USA-based) | Full-time

August Health is an early-stage company that builds technology to enhance quality of care for our elders. We're looking for the second sales hire to join our team and help us create a repeatable sales motion within our core target customer base. So far all sales have been founder-led, but we've been overwhelmed with opportunities and are looking to scale up quickly.

There’s enormous opportunity to tackle major white space accounts, define process and sales strategy, onboard and coach new reps and work with the founders. More here: https://www.notion.so/augusthealth/Account-Executive-2bfb907...

We're also on the lookout for our second customer-success hire. We're growing fast enough that we're starting to focus on setting up repeatable implementation/onboarding processes and streamlining customer success to helping our customers do well. More here: https://www.notion.so/augusthealth/Implementation-and-Succes....

August Health is very well funded by a group of top tier Silicon Valley investors and is working with some of the largest senior care organizations in the Bay Area and across California. We’re on a mission to promote compassionate personal care for frail elders while transforming the way the industry operates. We’re helping communities move through a much needed digital transformation so that all resident care, operating information, and compliance risk are housed within the August Health platform rather than a notebook or file cabinet. We're scaling quickly and this is a real opportunity to join a quickly growing startup.

Contact me: erez AT augusthealth.com (No recruiters/agencies please)

erex78

4 года назадdiscuss

August Health | Account Executive / Sales | Distributed team (USA-based) | Full-time

August Health is an early-stage company that builds technology to enhance quality of care for vulnerable older adults. We're looking for the first sales hire to join our team and help us create a repeatable sales motion within our core target customer base. So far all sales have been founder-led, but we've been overwhelmed with opportunities and are looking to scale up quickly.

There’s enormous opportunity to tackle major white space accounts, define process and sales strategy, onboard and coach new reps and work with the founders.

The ideal person is eager to:

  - Acquire new accounts within a pre-determined list of communities
  - Help define and iterate on sales processes as we learn and grow
  - Own and lead deal cycle from the first call to the close 
  - Pitch and demo August Health to communities
  - Ensure high activity to align with pipeline generation goals
  - Create satisfied, reference-able, and referring customers

Qualifications:

  - 1 - 3 years of software selling experience to SMB or Enterprise accounts
  - Hunter appetite for opening and closing new accounts
  - Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, selling environment preferred

August Health is funded by a group of top tier Silicon Valley investors and is working with some of the largest senior care organizations in the Bay Area and across California. We’re on a mission to promote compassionate personal care for frail elders while transforming the way the industry operates. We’re helping communities move through a much needed digital transformation so that all resident care, operating information, and compliance risk are housed within the August Health platform rather than a notebook or file cabinet. Our customers are hooked from the moment they sign up and we know this is just the beginning - come join us!

Contact me: erez AT augusthealth.com (No recruiters/agencies please)

erex78

5 лет назадdiscuss

Agree with your sentiment here - not every non-technical founder is out to get you with MBA jargon. My co-founder is non-technical, but he's a subject matter expert (he's a physician).

I know several non-technical founders of multi-hundred-million / billion dollar startups. Common thread is that these people are really knowledgeable about a particular industry or subject (ie. sewer inspection, restaurant bulk food ordering, mortgage underwriting). The combo of someone who intimately understands the pain points of an industry partnered with a technical founder is a good one.

erex78

5 лет назадdiscuss

Would definitely recommend working with Tara, she is an incredible executor.

erex78

5 лет назадdiscuss

August Health | Senior Backend End Engineer | Distributed team (USA-based) | Full-time ABOUT THE ROLE:

We're looking for an experienced backend-end developer to join us, especially someone with several years of experience building and shipping complex applications. Some technologies we use (you wouldn't be expected to have experience in all this, just be able to pick it up): scala, protobuf, fhir, postgres.

Our development team is a small group of very capable engineers and we like to balance building thoughtfully with getting things shipped. The position offers the opportunity to deeply understand our problem space and channel compassion for the experiences of older adults and the challenges of caregiving into building a mission-driven, elegant, and intuitive product.

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT US:

August Health is an early stage company that builds technology to transform quality of care for vulnerable older adults. Our product is guiding the transition from complex paper-based practices in the long-term care industry to a digital platform that improves care for elders and the caregivers who support them.

Our team has previous experience at Apple, Google, Adobe, and Landmark Health. Together, we’ve co-founded and exited multiple companies, managed large engineering and product teams, shipped features used by hundreds of millions of users, and led clinical teams supporting thousands of patients. We are funded by a group of top tier Silicon Valley investors.

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