Jen Abel
Sales coaching and execution for founders entering the U.S. market
| Hourly rate range | $90 to $175 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Founders who sellB2B salesProspecting and cold outreachSales processStartups and foundersScaling and growth |
| Works with | Founders and business owners |
| Also coaches | Business coach |
| Based in | United States |
| Practice | JJELLYFISH |
Jen Abel runs JJELLYFISH, a firm that gives founders U.S. sales expertise and hands-on execution. The team helps startups build a repeatable sales process. Services range from customer discovery in 90 days to acting as an early-stage sales team. A senior operator also works live pipelines with founders and reviews their real calls. JJELLYFISH partners with venture firms to help their portfolio companies gain early traction.
What Jen helps with
JJELLYFISH helps startups get past the stage where they have a working product and a few customers but no repeatable sales process. The work centers on winning the U.S. market.
- Building a repeatable cold sales motion
- Validating a sales motion through customer discovery
- Creating outbound demand that brings leads and meetings
- Figuring out why deals stall in the pipeline
- Building a founder-led selling motion
- Breaking into the U.S. enterprise market
- Avoiding early spend on sales hires aimed at the wrong buyer
Who Jen works with
JJELLYFISH works with startup founders, mostly from the stage of a working product with a few customers through the move to a repeatable sales motion. Clients range from pre-seed to Series A and beyond. It also works with portfolio companies of venture firms it partners with.
How Jen works
JJELLYFISH offers four engagements. Customer Discovery validates the market in 90 days. Market Development puts a U.S. execution team in place as the early-stage sales team to build a repeatable process. Unbound builds an outbound demand engine. Founder Copilot has a senior operator work the founder's live pipeline, review real calls, diagnose why deals stall, and coach the founder to move them forward.
Background and qualifications
- Runs JJELLYFISH, a U.S. sales firm for founders
- Works with hundreds of founders
- Partners with venture capital firms to help portfolio companies gain early traction
- Has published guides on founder-led and enterprise sales
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Programs and services
- Customer Discovery, a 90-day engagement
- Market Development, an outsourced early-stage sales team
- Unbound, an outbound demand program
- Founder Copilot, coaching on live pipeline and calls
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The CoachVouch take
Offers both hands-on sales execution and coaching from a senior operator who works the founder's live pipeline.
Best for founders with an early product who need a repeatable sales process and a way into the U.S. market.
Common questions
How much does Jen Abel charge?
Coaching with Jen runs $90 to $175 an hour. Message Jen from this page for an exact quote.
What does Jen Abel help with?
Jen Abel helps with building a repeatable cold sales motion, validating a sales motion through customer discovery, creating outbound demand that brings leads and meetings and figuring out why deals stall in the pipeline.
Does JJELLYFISH only coach, or does it also do the selling?
It does both. Market Development and Customer Discovery embed a team as the founder's sales team, while Founder Copilot coaches the founder on their own pipeline.
How do I contact Jen Abel?
Send Jen a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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