Ask HN: Sales/Marketing/Pricing SaaS Book(s) to Get Started?
Any recommendations? I'm looking to learn all things SaaS startup related: marketing, sales, etc.
If it isnt SaaS focused, no problem, really any "must read" for sales, marketing, pricing will be really helpful.
Thanks
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Everything by Patio11 [0]. Traction by Gabriel Weinberg [1]. Also, see IndieHackers community [2] if you are interested bootstrapping.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=patio11
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Customer/dp/1591848369
[2] https://www.indiehackers.com/
https://basecamp.com/books/getting-real