Alex Lindahl

Co-Founder

New York, New York, United States20 yrs 1 mo experience
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Key Highlights

  • Early GTM hire at four unicorns.
  • Author of a popular GTM Engineering newsletter.
  • Venture partner with extensive investment experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on GTM strategies and AI integration.

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Skills

Core Skills

GtmAiGtm AdvisoryContent CreationInvestment StrategySales ManagementEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

ClayPrompt EngineeringArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationLead GenerationBusiness DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareStart-upsSalesDrupalSEOProfessional ServicesNew Business DevelopmentOpen SourceStrategy

About

I write about the stuff most GTM teams are still figuring out—how to actually use AI, automate the boring parts, and build creative workflows. If that’s your game, you’re in the right place. Early GTM / Sales hire (Series A) at 4 unicorns: Acquia ($1B), Snyk ($8B), Chainguard $1B), Clay ($1.3B) Author of the GTM Engineering newsletter: claymation.io These cover templates, step-by-step guides, AI workflows, and automations every week: 🛠️ How to build with Clay & AI 🚀 How the best GTM & Sales teams use AI 💡 How to built no-code automations & workflows 🕵️‍♂️ The newest GTM tech to modernize 🎨 The latest claymation artwork Some of my Angel Investments incude: - Digraph (Acquired by DataDog) - Dooly.ai (backed by BoldStart) - AppSmith.com (backed by Insight Partners, Accel) - Rewind.ai (backed by Andreesen Horowitz) - Cake.ai (backed by Primary Ventures) - Venture Capital: - Limited Partner, Preface Ventures - Venture Partner, Companyon Ventures GTM Advisory: - Endor Labs - Spiky.ai Community: - Underscore.vc Sales Core - Boston College SSV Venture Partner

Experience

20 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs
Current Experience

Companyon ventures

Venture Partner

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • GTM advisory for portfolio companies.
GTM Advisory

Claymation

Writer

May 2024Present · 2 yrs

  • The fastest growing newsletter on GTM Engineering: claymation.io
  • Workflows, templates, automation guides, and AI for GTM every week.
Content Creation

Clay

GTM Engineer

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • GTM Development Environment use by OpenAI, Anthropic, Square, and many others
ClayPrompt EngineeringGTMAI

Career break

Career Break

Dec 2023Apr 2024 · 4 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Remote

  • Spending time with family

Preface ventures

LP

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Cake

Angel Investor

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • AI Project Infrastructure.
Investment Strategy

Rewind ai

Angel Investor

May 2023Present · 3 yrs

  • Personalized AI powered by everything you're seen, said, or heard.
Investment Strategy

Chainguard

Enterprise Account Executive

Feb 2023Dec 2023 · 10 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Digraph

Angel Investor (Acquired by Datadog)

Jan 2023Nov 2023 · 10 mos

  • AI-powered Infrastructure as Code security platform.

Dazz

Enterprise Account Executive, New England

Feb 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Dazz provides a Cloud Security Remediation platform that simplifies and automates cloud security.
Investment Strategy

Appsmith

Angel Investor

May 2021Present · 5 yrs

  • Low-code app building platform.
Investment Strategy

Snyk

Enterprise Sales Director, New England

Feb 2019Feb 2022 · 3 yrs · Greater Boston Area

  • Dev-first security: SCA, SAST, Containers, IaC.

Scalr - enterprise-grade cloud management platform

Director of Sales

May 2016Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Greater Boston Area

  • Cloud Management & Cost Optimization software.

Outlearn (acquired by qwik labs / google)

Director of Sales

Oct 2015Apr 2016 · 6 mos · Greater Boston Area

  • Early-stage Learning Development Platform funded by General Catalyst. ACQUIRED by QwikLabs, then Google.

Sabbatical

Travel Sabbatical

Sep 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Asia

  • A backpacking trip that included traveling Trans-Siberian Railway, hiking in the Himalayas, to living months at a time in many countries across Asia from India to Japan.

Acquia

2 roles

Team Lead, EMEA Sales

Jul 2010Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Promoted to relocate to Oxford, UK to start Acquia's EMEA Sales Team for international expansion.
  • Grew EMEA sales to over $5M annual run rate
  • Interviewed, trained, and mentored a team of 6 inside sales reps
  • Built initial base of EMEA business
  • Trained team members in closing deals, perfecting pitches, consultative selling, negotiating pricing, contracts, sales process, hunting for new business, account strategy, and general sales best practices
  • Built territory plans for Benelux & Nordics sales teams
  • On boarded, built joint pipelines, and closed business with Enterprise system integrators such as; Capgemini, Accenture, Atos, and others
  • Sample Clientele: Ericsson, European Commission, Al Jazeera, Aegon, ITV, SNCF, BE gov, UK gov, FR gov, and many others
  • "#1 software and #8 fastest growing company in America for 2012" - Inc. magazine
  • "One of America's Most Promising Companies" - Forbes
  • "#1 Marketer of the Inc. 5000" - Hubspot
  • "#1 Open Source Company" - Momentum Index
  • "Best Private Company of 2012" - MassTLC
  • "One of the Best Places to Work 2012" - Boston Business Journal

Account Executive

Jul 2008Jun 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Key player who has consistently overachieved and been successful growing sales in new international markets for the fastest growing software startup in the US.
  • 1st Founding member of sales team; 15th company employee
  • Consistently top rep every quarter
  • Produced ~37% of company revenue during 1st 1.5 years of business
  • Achieved on average 200% of sales quota
  • Developed most successful partnership in company history
  • Worked with Acquia Co-Founder to shape Acquia offerings with initial market feedback that led to the development of several products
  • Mentored new sales reps on sales process, strategy, & closing
  • Example clientele: US House of Representatives, Turner Broadcasting, Nvidia, Ericsson, Taunten Press, and many others
Sales Management

College mogul

Founder & Editor

Apr 2007Apr 2009 · 2 yrs

  • Self-funded media site that chronicled and studied the growing trend of collegiate entrepreneurship. Wrote over 150 articles on startups, news, and interviews with prominent venture capitalist and founders. Recruited and edited articles from 5 bloggers that resulted in traffic of over 50,000 unique visitors. Guest writer for Xconomy.com and Entrepreneur Magazine. Business Plan won 1st place in Boston College Venture Competition.
Sales Management

Textworks, llc

Co-Founder

Feb 2007Feb 2008 · 1 yr

  • Raised $110,000 in funding on a $2.5 Million valuation. Presented 3x to Highland Capital Partners and other well known venture capital firms such as North Bridge Venture Partners and Virgin's corporate development arm. Placed 2nd in Boston College Venture Competition.
Content Creation

Eagle painting services, llc

Founder

Mar 2005Aug 2006 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Started company while attending Boston College full time, managed all aspects business, sales, and operations. Generated over $100,000 in revenue over 2 summers (6 months). Recruited, trained, and managed 8 employees. Maintained a 66% closing ratio and 40% profit margin.
Entrepreneurship

Vector marketing

Field Sales Manager

May 2004Aug 2004 · 3 mos

  • Achieved #1 sales representative in the division and Top 20 in Northeast.
Entrepreneurship

Education

Boston College

B.S. — Finance

Dale Carnegie Training

Leadership Development

Staples High School

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