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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

Both Sides of the Table

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” question in sales. This article originally appeared on Inc.com.

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6 Incentives To Master The Art Of Marketing Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

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How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

Both Sides of the Table

We held semi-annual platinum customer retreats in which they got to participate in all-day planning seminars with our product team and technical leads. Importantly we were also able to use the “platinum customer club” as a sales tool as we were trying to land larger accounts. Before you think it, this was not prostitution.

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6 Reasons To Overcome Your Fear of Talking Publicly

Startup Professionals Musings

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

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5 Public Speaking Opportunities To Make Your Company

Startup Professionals Musings

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Often Destroy Team Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

Maybe it because there are plenty of tips, seminars, and books on the motivation side of the equation, starting with the basic Motivating Employees for Dummies , and so few resources on elements of demotivation. After you hear the latest sales projections, you can’t resist adding a “stretch” objective, just to keep people challenged.

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Prepare for Their Big Break

Tech.Co

Sunil Koduri, cofounder and Chief Listener of Zsolutionz , a software company developing a computer vision and machine learning product for the health and wellness space called Zofie based on fuzzy logic, said gaining information from the industries has helped him realize opportunities.

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