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Why $1M-$3M/Year Is So Hard

Name: Why $1M-$3M/Year Is So Hard
Uploaded: 2026-01-16T00:20:00+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this segment of the YouTube talk, the speaker addresses an audience of serial entrepreneurs, noting that most attendees are on their second or later…

16 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube talk, the speaker addresses an audience of serial entrepreneurs, noting that most attendees are on their second or later business and that these later ventures typically grow faster than the first. The core reason given is improved pattern recognition: after hiring and evaluating multiple salespeople, founders learn to identify the traits of successful SDRs, sales reps, and sales managers. This learning occurs through repeated hiring attempts and failures across all departments, allowing founders to refine their hiring criteria and accelerate growth in subsequent businesses.

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Who here is on their second business or beyond? Okay, most of you. Of the people who raised their hands, who here's second business grew faster than their first business? Almost everyone. The reason for that is because your pattern recognition is better. The first time you ever hired your first salesperson, you're like, I don't know what these people look like. And then you hire 5 of them and finally you're like, ah, this one's one. And then from that point going forward, you're like, okay, this is what a good salesperson looks like. You have to do that across every department, across every level. So first you learn what an SDR looks like, and then you learn what a salesperson looks like, and then you learn what a sales manager looks like. You have to learn what each of these are, and at every level, You just fail a bunch of times until you get it right, and you're like, ah, that's what it is.