Account Review Meetings Drive Startup Growth
Startup entrepreneurs should conduct account review meetings to stay close to customers, drive revenue, and build a repeatable business.
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Sales
Prospect Inquiries Require A Rapid Effective Response
Prospect inquiries for a B2B product can arrive in the form of a phone call, a voicemail, an email, a chat conversation, a form fill, or a new record in a CRM system. Regardless of how they arrive, they should be treated as urgent requests that require a rapid, effective response.
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Prep for 2025: Bootcamps on Customer Discovery & Development
Prepare for 2025 With Bootcamps on Customer Discovery & Getting More Customers Today, Oct-1-2024, is the start of the fourth quarter of 2024; it is time to close out the objectives you set for this year and start planning how you will grow in 2025. To help you get a jump on next year, we
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Starting Small Can Lead to A Big Success
In a world where bigger often seems better, there’s a compelling argument to be made for the power of starting small.
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In Sales, Act Like a Doctor
Startup founders can greatly enhance their effectiveness if they act like a doctor: elicit symptoms, offer a diagnosis, suggest a prescription and provide a prognosis.
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Why Don’t They Teach Sales in College?
The following passage “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki has had me reflecting on “Why Don’t They Teach Sales in College?”
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Q: How Does White Label Work?
When a firm has a white label relationship they license your product under a different name and provide first-level support.
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Seven Tips for Taking Full Advantage of a Conference
Here are seven tips for taking full advantage of a conference: how to prepare, planning your schedule, effective networking, taking notes, and following up.
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Navigating the Startup Sales Maze: Brendan McAdams’ Expert Advice
Brendan McAdams offered an expert perspective on navigating at the startup sales maze in a recent Lean Culture briefing.
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Key Takeaways from Fri-Nov-3 Bootstrappers Breakfast
We had a good discussion at this morning at Voyager Coffee in San Jose for the Fri-Nov-3 Bootstrappers Breakfast. Here are some key items we discussed and my takeaways.
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How Founders Can Learn Sales on the Job
In this podcast, Étienne Garbugli and Sean K. Murphy discuss several proven approaches for how founders can learn sales on the job.
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Customer Buying Process: Understand, Believe, Act
A simple but very useful model we like for the customer buying process is “Understand, Believe, Act.” This post explains what it is and how to apply it.
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Customer Care
Customer care is treating your customers with respect and dignity. It requires curiosity and empathy on everyone’s part in a startup.
Land and EXPAND – Recession-proof your Sales and Expand your Bottom Line
Land and EXPAND the fasting path to expand your bottom line. A key area where many companies don’t focus as much as they should – is expansion within their existing customers
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Newsletter Q2 2022: Startup Friendly – Scrappy Sales Framework
Our Q2 2022 newsletter collects articles on a startup friendly scrappy sales framework or products you have put your heart and soul into.
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Drawing a Map of the Customer Organization
A conversation with Brendan McAdams about what’s involved in drawing a map of the customer organization as part of an enterprise sale.
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Cultivating Luck in Business Endeavors and Relationships
Brendan McAdams and Sean Murphy discuss cultivating luck in business endeavors and relationships.
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Micro-VC / Angel investor Thomas Ahn on the Effective Investor Pitch
An extract from a highly interactive session with Thomas Ahn at the Lean Culture Meetup on Mar-25-2021 where he answers “what makes for an effective investor pitch?”
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Maintaining Your Professional Network
Some people are natural connectors. Sean Murphy is one of those. In this video, he shares one of his secret to network maintenance. He frames maintaining your professional network as counting your blessings. Your network is a long-term investment. It takes the time to nurture and grow your relationships.
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Lean Canvas Operations
Lean Canvas Operations is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for.
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