About
Ross Rich is the CEO and Co-Founder of Accord, a company that provides an AI-powered deal execution platform for revenue teams across sales, implementation, and customer success functions. Prior to founding Accord, he worked in sales and sales leadership roles, including at Stripe, where he was involved in scaling the sales team to 300 sellers.
Founder at AccordYC W20
Intro paths
YC
Ross went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ross can intro founders to Accord's investors below.
Accord's investors · 4
Co-founders at Accord
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Ryan RichFounder
Experience
- AccordCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StripeGlobal Platforms, Enterprise Partnerships Lead2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- StripeStartups & Mid-Market, Sales2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Columbia RecordsMarketing2014 — 2015New York City
- Ross Rich ManagementFounder2013 — 2015
- Victorious EventsCo-Founder2010 — 2014Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Skills & more
Team Management82Leadership13Public Speaking8Entrepreneurship99New Business Development72Sponsorship41Business Development15Sales Management15Social Media Marketing43Market Research17Special Events Production21Music Industry12
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ross Rich?
- Ross Rich is the CEO and Co-Founder of Accord, a company that provides an AI-powered deal execution platform for revenue teams across sales, implementation, and customer success functions. Prior to founding Accord, he worked in sales and sales leadership roles, including at Stripe, where he was involved in scaling the sales team to 300 sellers.
- Where does Ross Rich work?
- Ross Rich is Founder of Accord.
- What companies did Ross Rich found?
- Ross Rich founded Accord.
- Where did Ross Rich go to school?
- Ross Rich studied at Y Combinator (YC W2020); Developer Bootcamp (3 month coding class with a focus on: Ruby, databases); General Assembly (Understanding the Stack: APIs, Programming Fundamentals).
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