“How I hacked revenue from $0 to $5M in 5 different startups” by Derek Rey

3,550 views · Published 10 March 2017 · 1:04:25 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: Startupfood · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Derek has been described as "the guy startups really want for sales" by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures. He helps top portfolio investments at KPCB and Y Combinator in the areas of demand-gen & sales.

On this meetup, Derek has shared how he hacked revenue from $0 to $5M in 5 different startups”. Derek is an entrepreneur & evangelical sales guy who has closed $107M in revenue. Five times, he's taken startups from $0 to $5M+ in revenue. He is now the VP Marketing at CloudApp. 💸 


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