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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

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“We don’t have budget for that this year” “I don’t believe in social media advertising.” You avoid time wasters: Occasionally when you meet senior executives they will give you negative feedback on your prospects. ” “I’m already in a pilot with one of your competitors.”

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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. - Union Square Ventures , June 10, 2010 No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models - Steve Blank , April 8, 2010 Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events (..)

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