All companies, even those that take a lean approach, face these problems in B2B sales: You can’t get potential customers to call back They won’t make a decision They seem to like a ever-ending beta, but they will not buy Your deals stall This interactive workshop will help you learn from these problems by using […]
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In this webinar, Averting Stalled Sales Opportunities, Ron Snyder and Peter Cohan show you the key steps to avoid your sales process stalling.
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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If you missed our “Working for Equity” panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012, Theresa Shafer and the four CEO’s on the panel had a lively conversation about what’s really involved in leaving your day job and striking out on your own or with partners.
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Live roundtable on lessons learned implementing the “Great Demo!” methodology Tue-Sep-4-2012 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Mountain 2:00 p.m. Central / 3:00 p.m. Eastern 8:00 PM London / 9:00 PM Paris & Berlin Update Sept 6: “Recap and Audio from “Lessons Learned Implementing Great Demo! Methodology“ Great Demo!: How To Create And Execute Stunning
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Join us as we explore team decision making and the challenges in blending human expertise. This talk will cover how teams become more effective at making decisions quickly and reaching a working consensus. Sean will share real world examples of where new expertise was required for project success and where expertise that had traditionally been
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Below are projects we have help work on with our clients. Advisory board Sean Murphy Joins Fluxicon Advisory Board Good advice about customer verification GE Capital CEO, Cloud Computing Expert, and Customer Development Strategist Join eMOBUS Advisory Board San Jose Business Journal: Palo Alto’s Verdafero offers sustainability planning over the Web technews.am: Verdafero Profiled by
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Promotion often makes the difference between business success and failure. A recent email from Startup Digest gave me some great ideas. Develop checklists and top 10 lists. Tie your news story to recent events. Get in the email inbox. Celebrate the holidays with discount or special offer. Always include a list of upcoming events. Upcoming
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Tomorrow, we complete our coverage of “The Innovator’s DNA”. We have a great panel who will share their tips and lessons learned running experiments that improved their products and business models. Michael Fern, CEO of Intigi, Inc. Edith Harbaugh, Product Manager at Tripit, Inc. Steve Hogan, Managing Partner at Tech-Rx, Inc. Sean Murphy, CEO at
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OVERALL OBJECTIVES Establish a framework, including skills and processes, to create and deliver improved software demonstrations to increase success in the sales and deployment of your organization’s offerings. Sub-objectives: Improve demonstration quality and effectiveness, by implementing a standard process and tools for demonstrations. Establish and communicate clear objectives for each demo. Increase probability of success
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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Recorded discussion on Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen’s The Innovator’s DNA chapter 6, recorded on June 20, 2012. Michael Fern and Edith Harbaugh join Steve Hogan and Sean Murphy to discuss lessons learned experimenting to foster innovation. Chapter 6: Discovery Skill #5 Experimenting The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M.
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Call-in Book Review recorded on May 16, 2012 Tristan Kromer, Steve Hogan and Sean Murphy discuss the book and specifically Chapter 5 on networking. Chapter 5: Discovery Skill #4 Networking The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen Practical and provocative, The Innovator’s DNA is an essential resource for individuals and teams
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An interesting TED talk by Susan Cain on the power of introverts: how introverts impact innovation and creativity. Here are some key points she makes (see full transcript) When it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best. A third to a half of the population are introverts. You
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So much marketing is “me too”, if you have read one press release or marketing material you have read them all. It is always a trick about how to reach your audience and stand out from the crowd by being different. In an age of low-cost email campaigns and social media, we are actually finding
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Relationships can be very instrumental in the success of a consulting practice. When building a practice, consultants need to build business relationships with a variety of potential partners. Understanding the power of these relationships — and establishing trust and confidence — is one of the keys to growing your business effectively. Sean Murphy is the
Saturday March 24, 9-11am Ground Floor Silicon Valley, located at 2030 Duane Avenue, Santa Clara, We are launching new Mastermind groups in response to several requests from entrepreneurs who wanted to form an advisory board of peers with a deeper understanding of each other’s businesses and shared accountability. Come to the meeting and see if
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Recorded discussion on Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen’s The Innovator’s DNA chapter 4, recorded on April 25, 2012. Jeff Allison, former VP of Engineering at Cisco Systems joins us to discuss observing. Chapter 4: Discovery Skill #3 Observing The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen Practical and provocative, The
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