Find startup founders (sales)
You sell to early-stage companies and need founders, who at that size are the whole buying committee.
(founder OR "co-founder" OR "founding team") AND (startup OR "early stage" OR seed OR "Series A") NOT (recruiter OR investor OR "venture capital" OR advisor) Stage keywords separate operating founders from people who once founded something and moved on. The NOT group matters most here, because investors and advisors describe themselves with founder vocabulary and will otherwise dominate results.
Variations
Wider net
(founder OR "co-founder" OR CEO) AND startup NOT (investor OR recruiter) Later stage
(founder OR "co-founder" OR CEO) AND ("Series B" OR "Series C" OR scaleup) NOT (investor OR advisor)Paste into LinkedIn's main search bar, then filter by People. Operators must stay uppercase; the copies above already are.
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