Thoughts on good questions to ask while in later round interviews with a seed-stage startup? I'm excited about the opportunity but nervous because of the risks at this stage. I want to ask about their runway but I don't know if that would be a bad idea

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Always ask about runway. Serious sales people are taken seriously
-Given thar you’re seed stage, do you have a timeline for one way that you could share?
-How has the outbound sales motion involved since the beginning?
-How will it continue to evolve?
-Are SDRs and AEs hitting goal?
-How are top performers rewarded?
-Is this a role where I can perform well and be promoted to a AE within a year?
-what goals and KPI’s will I be responsible for

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Edit- ***timeline for runway

I mean...yes, runway matters but I think there's other similar questions that should take priority. I've worked at startups that had plenty of runway but still made layoffs across the GTM team.

More relevant questions would be about product-market-fit and getting them to talk about the last big customer that a sales rep, NOT a founder closed.

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