===== How common is it to have a vice president of sales? Marketing? =====

According to Wasserman [Wasserman, N., __The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup__, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012], 37% of startups have a VP of sales on board prior to their 1st investment round (57% after their 4th round); 22% have a VP of marketing (37% after their 4th round).

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