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When should we hire our first account executive if revenue is $5M ARR and the founder is still closing?

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Direct Answer Hire your first account executive at $5M ARR when the founder spends over 60% of their time on sales, pipeline consistently exceeds personal closing capacity by 2–3x, and you have a documented, repeatable sales process with at…

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