Sales Won’t Fix Itself—Get This Right First
Corey Quinn
Founder, Deep Specialization™
Hiring too soon? A salesperson can't fix a broken process. Here's what to do first.
Sales isn’t magic. A great closer won’t fix a broken process.
I’ve seen it happen over and over.
An agency founder wants to step back from sales. So they hire a seasoned salesperson, hoping they’ll take over and start closing deals.
Six months later… no results.
They fire the salesperson, frustrated and out thousands in salary and lost deals.
The mistake is that they hired before building a repeatable, proven sales process.
A salesperson can’t create your sales strategy from scratch. That’s the founder’s job.
Before hiring, refine your process:
→ Build a sales system that converts
→ Test and iterate until it’s repeatable
→ Document everything
Only then should you bring on a salesperson. They can execute the playbook you’ve already built.
Hiring too soon burns cash and stalls growth.
Get the process right first.
About Corey Quinn
Founder, Deep Specialization™
Corey helps founder-led agencies scale through Deep Specialization™ and programmatic M&A. Former CMO of Scorpion ($20M to $200M). Author of "Anyone, Not Everyone."
