Sara: AI Is Rewriting Sales, Finance Leadership—Not Just Product
saranormous · x · 2026-10-08
Investor Sara argues that the AI era makes leading sales and finance as interesting as building product. She raises key questions for executives:
- Sales: Which hiring, training, and comp cycles can be compressed?
- Business models: Which models genuinely align with customer interests?
- Finance: How to preserve margin and manage supply risk?
- Compute spend: If intelligence makes products universally better, how much can be spent on compute?
- Creativity: How much credit and financing creativity is available?
The core insight: AI's impact goes beyond product—back-office functions' org and financial logic need redesign too.
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