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Steli Efti

CEO of Close (Close.com)

New York, New York

Investor
VC
Angel

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $200,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $300,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $250,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
E-Learning
Sales
Training
NLP
Psychology
Start-ups
Social Media
Online Advertising
Web Development
Coaching
Business Strategy
Social Networking
Marketing Strategy
SEO
Leadership
Sales Process
Sales Management
Sales Operations
Project Management

Education

Lists including Steli

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Based in NYC

2599 people

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All Series A Investors

14748 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

Investments

Supercast

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Work Experience

C
Close

2013

  • CEO

    2013

    At Close, we're building the sales communication platform of the future. With our roots as the very first sales CRM to include built-in calling, we're leading the industry toward eliminating manual processes and helping companies to close more deals (faster). Since our founding in 2013, we've grown to become a fully profitable, 100% globally distributed team of 40 high-performing, happy people that are dedicated to building a product our customers love.

Pioneer Fund

2018

  • Senior Venture Partner

    2018

SS
Supercool School

2008 - 2009

  • CEO

    2008 - 2009

Whitibbar Workshops

2005 - 2006

  • Owner

    2005 - 2006

Teletrance

2005 - 2005

  • Owner

    2005 - 2005

DVDiscount24

2004 - 2005

  • CEO

    2004 - 2005

AH
AWD Holding

2002 - 2005

  • Teamleader

    2002 - 2005

Latest Articles

Medium•Feb. 2021

The Soul of Little Things

materialism
personal growth
minimalism
authenticity
emotional connection to objects
Medium•Jun. 2019

Everybody hates outbound sales. Here’s why you shouldn’t.

Sales
Outbound
Outbound Sales
B2b Sales
Inside Sales
Medium•Jun. 2019

How to handle the “I’ve heard bad things about your company”​ objection

Sales
Objection Handling
B2b Sales
Sales Objections
Smb
Medium•Mar. 2018

The 1-hour sales process

Sales
B2B
Sales Management
Startup Sales
B2b Sales
Medium•Nov. 2016

Get 457% more replies to your sales emails with the 1, 2, 3 hack

Email
Marketing
Email Response Rate
Cold Emails
Cold Emailing
Medium•Nov. 2016

You call and prospect and they ask you to “send me more information”. What do you do next?

Sales
Cold Calling
B2b Sales
Hustle
Prospecting
Medium•Nov. 2016

9 SaaS sales tips to close more deals in less time

Startup
SaaS
B2B
Startup Sales
B2b Sales
Medium•Nov. 2016

How to shorten your sales cycle

Startup
Sales
Sales Cycle
Enterprise Sales
B2b Sales
Medium•Nov. 2016

It’s Friday, young hustler. Take a deep breath and chill.

Entrepreneurship
Life Lessons
Productivity
Sales
Work Life Balance
Medium•Nov. 2016

How to close more deals with the “time travel” sales technique

Sales
Startup
Sales Tips
Selling
sales techniques
Medium•Nov. 2016

The simplest, most difficult thing startups need to do to unlock hyper-growth

Life Lessons
Startup
Success
Focus
Successful Entrepreneurs
Medium•Oct. 2016

Sales reps, you’re working too hard on the wrong things

Sales
Startup
Career Advice
Sales Development
Sales Coaching
Medium•Oct. 2016

3 questions the VP Sales of Segment.com uses to shorten sales cycles

Sales
Startup
Sales Acceleration
B2b Sales
Sales Process
Medium•Oct. 2016

Negotiation deadlock? Break through with this 4-word question.

Negotiations
Negotiating
Communication
Sales
negotiation deadlock
Medium•Oct. 2016

The one thing you need to know about getting past gatekeepers (and three questions that’ll do it…

Sales
Startup
Cold Calling
Sales Prospecting
Sales Development
Medium•Oct. 2016

The $424 billion opportunity: How startups can sell to government agencies

Startup
Government
Government Contracting
Sales
Govtech
Medium•Oct. 2016

3 metrics any sales team MUST track

Sales
Metrics
Sales Management
B2b Sales
Startups
Medium•Oct. 2016

Nervous when cold calling?

Sales
Cold Calling
Prospecting
Sales Prospecting
B2b Sales
Medium•Oct. 2016

How to begin a cold call so prospects keep listening

Sales
Cold Calling
B2b Sales
Prospecting
Sales Prospecting
Medium•Oct. 2016

Self-confidence for sales reps: How to fake it (and actually make it)

Sales
Startup
Confidence
Personal Development
Psychology
Medium•Oct. 2016

When sales prospects say “I don’t have time right now”, THIS is what you say to them

Sales
Cold Calling
B2B
B2b Sales
Sales Prospecting
Medium•Oct. 2016

Sales reps, here’s why prospects aren’t paying attention

Sales
B2b Sales
Cold Calling
Sales Development
Prospecting
Medium•Sep. 2016

Turn your struggling sales team around

Sales
Startup
Sales Management
struggling sales team
sales performance improvement
Medium•Sep. 2016

How to train new sales reps in 4 weeks to full sales productivity

Sales
Sales Management
Employee Onboarding
Sales Training
Sales Development
Medium•Aug. 2016

Sales CRM case study: How a 104-year-old B2B business boosted sales by up to 50% with Close.io

Sales
CRM
Crm Software
B2b Sales
Salesforce Productivity