- Joined
- Jan 19, 2015
- Messages
- 42
Rep Bank
$320
$320
User Power: 112%
Hi fastlaners,
See question as thread title and explanation below. Go!
I have been offered a position as sales director Europe in a start-up (1 year young,machinery equipment, valuation at 100M$ by KPMG, small team of 20 people). I'd be reporting to CEO and I've work in this industry for a long time, my current employer is a corporate player that entered the industry 5 years back but before I was in another start-up where I experienced the move from start-up to scale-up (10M to 100M in 5 years) in that very same industry.
Basically I'd be doing the job my boss did in my previous start-up. The CEO is someone I met whilst working there and he wants me to execute that role leveraging my past connections with different VARs and resellers. So in terms of culture/leadership I'm pretty safe since I've worked with this guy for a long time.
Thing is... they'd match my corporate salary and add to that the sales quota, most likely will have participation in the company too. So the salary goes to a range that I would not match with a fastlane business in the first 24 months. It's risky, and I'll work 24/7, but at least results will bring extra income and potential exit of 1-2M€ a few years down the line. If it goes to shit, I finally can go and start my own fastlane business since I won't be tied in the golden corporate cage.
To put things in context, I live in Spain. I can buy a house for 200k€.
See question as thread title and explanation below. Go!
I have been offered a position as sales director Europe in a start-up (1 year young,machinery equipment, valuation at 100M$ by KPMG, small team of 20 people). I'd be reporting to CEO and I've work in this industry for a long time, my current employer is a corporate player that entered the industry 5 years back but before I was in another start-up where I experienced the move from start-up to scale-up (10M to 100M in 5 years) in that very same industry.
Basically I'd be doing the job my boss did in my previous start-up. The CEO is someone I met whilst working there and he wants me to execute that role leveraging my past connections with different VARs and resellers. So in terms of culture/leadership I'm pretty safe since I've worked with this guy for a long time.
Thing is... they'd match my corporate salary and add to that the sales quota, most likely will have participation in the company too. So the salary goes to a range that I would not match with a fastlane business in the first 24 months. It's risky, and I'll work 24/7, but at least results will bring extra income and potential exit of 1-2M€ a few years down the line. If it goes to shit, I finally can go and start my own fastlane business since I won't be tied in the golden corporate cage.
To put things in context, I live in Spain. I can buy a house for 200k€.
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
