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Pete Ryan

Austin, Texas

Growth at Supabase, the Postgres development platform. Two-time VC-backed founder. Co-founded HiFive and ran it as CEO: a go-to-network approach to GTM built on warm intros and referrals. Raised $5.5M from PivotNorth, Hyperplane, SaaStr Fund, and others, grew to $5M ARR, and was acquired by HeyLois in Nov 2025. Former Head of Enterprise Sales at Trello through its $425M acquisition by Atlassian. Co-founded Gogohire, a 500 Startups-backed hiring marketplace for top sales talent ($200M GMV). Early sales hire at LinkedIn; helped launch LinkedIn Sales Solutions and landed its first 100 customers. Started at Oracle selling databases.

I can help with: PLG-to-enterprise sales motions, enterprise GTM for dev tools, go-to-network growth (referrals and warm intros), hiring early sales teams, and fundraising as a first-time or second-time founder.

$5.83/min

51 Calls

20 Reviews

35 minutes
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Answers

Pete Ryan answered

How can I get data entry help for a newly started BPO company?

I would find talent on UpWork. If you post one job and include your Skype or Email the response will be overwhelming. I am not sure you are going to want some high quality candidates -- I'd create a Google Form with a series of questions to properly vet the candidates coming through. You can then put your top five candidates on a one week trial period measuring the quality and speed of their work to determine if you would like to continue working with them.

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Early-stage Startups

BPO

Data Entry

Pete Ryan answered

What are the most reputable email verification vendors? How crucial is this step in email marketing?

Most startups use Kickbox.io. If you need to verify 300K emails make sure you use their API to do so. You'll get shut off if you upload CSVs of email addresses.

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Email Marketing

Email Management

Email List Building

Pete Ryan answered

Do you know a follow-up email expert to write for my company?

What type of emails (marketing / sales)?

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Email Strategy

Email Marketing

Pete Ryan answered

Which is the Best Software Development Outsourcing Company?

There is no single best outsourcing shop. The right one depends on what you are actually buying. A fixed scope MVP is a different problem from an ongoing product team, and most bad outcomes come from treating them the same.

Before you pick a vendor, write a one pager with the outcome you need in 90 days, who owns product decisions, and how you will measure quality (not just velocity). Then shortlist three firms that have shipped work in your category and run a paid pilot, same brief for each, so you can compare communication and code quality under real pressure.

Happy to go deeper on a call if you want help scoring vendors.

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Software Development

Pete Ryan answered

How should a company enter the Nepal FMCG market?

For FMCG in a market like Nepal, the first call is not brand. It is route to market. You win or lose on who can get product onto shelves reliably, collect payment, and cover the right geography without you owning a huge field team on day one.

Start by picking one category and one region, then talk to three distributors who already move similar SKUs. Ask for their top accounts, payment terms, returns policy, and what margin they need to prioritize you. Run a 60 to 90 day pilot with clear sell through targets before you expand.

If you want, we can walk through how to score those distributors on a call.

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Market Entry

FMCG

Distribution

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“What are the most effective SEO strategies for beginners in 2026?

In 2026 the beginners who win are not chasing every tactic. They pick one audience, publish useful pages that answer real buying questions, and make sure the site is fast and crawlable. The AI search layer rewards clear, specific answers more than keyword stuffed posts.

Next step: list ten questions your best customers already ask, turn each into a focused page, and track which ones actually drive demos or sales, not just traffic. If rankings move but pipeline does not, your SEO is a vanity metric.

Happy to dig into how to tie SEO work to pipeline on a call.

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Business Strategy

Pete Ryan answered

What is the best commission model when hiring a sales person to sell digital marketing services to small businesses?

Option #1 (recommended): Use https://www.voiq.com/ and skip hiring someone.

Option #2: Hire an SDR (right out of college, ex-athlete): and pay them an hourly rate as a consultant (3 month trial period). Pay them upon deals closing (commission % - the % will depend on your margins and the the On-Target Earnings you'd like them to make) and then give them bonuses in the form of prizes (i.e. a trip to Vegas for hitting their quota -- # of calls, # of meetings/# of opportunities created, # of deals closed that they sourced). Bonuses in the form of physical Gifts, especially at the SDR level, have been proven to drive employee happiness over $.

If you have additional questions, happy to get on a call.

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Sales

Sales Operations

Sales Process

Pete Ryan answered

We provide a service that would benefit drug & background screening companies and looking to partnership with them. What would be the best approach?

Start by making the value obvious for their sales or ops lead. Screening firms care about faster turnaround, fewer disputes, cleaner compliance handoffs, and sticky revenue with their own customers. Lead with one measurable outcome you improve, not a feature list.

Next step: write a one page partner brief with the buyer you help them win, the before and after metric, and a 30 day pilot shape. Then target five firms and ask for the person who owns partner or channel, not general inquiry. Happy to help you sharpen that brief on a call.

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Strategic Partnerships

Pete Ryan answered

As a corporate manager of marketing, what was your most frequent need or challenge that your marketing agency/team was unable to provide ON DEMAND?

The gap I see most is not creative. It is pipeline clarity. Agencies and in house teams often cannot tell you, on short notice, which campaigns are creating qualified pipeline versus vanity traffic. When a VP asks what we should kill this week, the answer is usually slow or fuzzy.

Next step: force a weekly scoreboard that ties spend to stage progression and closed won, then ask the team for kill or double down recommendations by Thursday. If they cannot do that on demand, the process is the problem, not the talent. Happy to dig into how to set that scoreboard on a call.

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Corporate Communications

Corporate Branding

Marketing

Pete Ryan answered

Where can I find sales professionals for the International market?

I would try AngelList (free), Hired (15% of salary) and LinkedIn (free). If you are using LinkedIn, I'd hire someone in the SE Asia through Upwork that does data-entry and then I'd have them copy and paste the first name, last name and company into a spreadsheet from a LinkedIn search you did. Then I'd upload that list into Toofr to get their emails. Then I'd send a mail-merge to the 500 or so candidates using "Yet Another Mailmerge" (free google plugin) or Outreach.io ($110 / mo). Of the 500 candidates you reach out to, you should hear back from 50, set up calls with 10 and hire 1.

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Sales

Strategy

Founder

Pete Ryan answered

Strategies for lead generation and sales to Bariatric Surgeons

Doximity (https://www.doximity.com/) has over 500,000 doctors and surgeons across the US on their professional network. I'd sign up, do a search for "Bariatric Surgeons" and then use Toofr.com to get their email. Doctors will be nearly impossible to get ahold of by phone. Email will be your best shot. Once you figure out the process for finding their first name, last name and hospital name you can hire someone on Upwork for $3 per hour to do the data-entry and Toofr uploads.

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Marketing Strategy

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Sales

Reviews

It was a pleasure speaking with Pete as he shared some incredibly valuable insights and advice on a new product idea we're exploring and if/how it might look when taking it to market.

Zach Wade Source: Clarity

Pete is an excellent entrepreneur and sales professional. I would highly recommend him to anyone seeking expertise around growing their sales.

Chase Hughes Source: Clarity

Pete is a super sales leads and advisor. He gave me solid advice and it's informed the business and sales strategy. I left the call with clarity, a bunch of actions, and the next steps to take. I will reach out to Pete again in the future. Highly recommended.

Ryan Falconer Source: Clarity

I got a lot of valuable feedback from Pete. If you're exploring building a sales solution, I recommend you reach out to Pete!

Kishan Bhoopalam Source: Clarity

Pete was great to speak to. Such a knowledgeable SaaS expert. Looking forward to my next call!!!

Peter T Source: Clarity

Pete had fresh ideas and new perspectives that I haven't thought of before. I am excited to try them out as they sound like game changers! I highly recommend you speak with him.

Alex A. Source: Clarity

Great, insightful call with Pete. He gave very specific, actionable advice that I can implement immediately. It was exactly the type of help I needed. He even offered to follow up with additional materials that would help with my project. Highly recommend.

Jared Iverson Source: Clarity

As was last time - another great chat with Pete. Another call in the works!

Yossi Mlynsky Source: Clarity

Thanks for your help Pete! This was a really valuable call. Made our plans for sales much clearer, with practical advice I can use right away. Highly recommended.

Pietro S. Source: Clarity

Session with Pete was amazing. Pointed my sales team in the right direction. Loads to get to work on!

Yossi Mlynsky Source: Clarity

Great stuff from Pete. Helped me get out of my head on a few issues with designing our new sales team and process.

Jasen Barnes Source: Clarity

Member since July 2013