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Helping Startups Understand Salespeople & the Sales Culture

Both Sides of the Table

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. Specifically what is often not in the DNA of founders are sales skills. The result is a lack of knowledge of the process and of sales people themselves. I boil it down to this: sales people are sales people. Here are mine.

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How to Forecast Sales

Up and Running

First, allow me to deal with a very common problem: Business owners are often afraid to forecast sales. It doesn’t take spreadsheet modeling, much less econometric modeling, to estimate units and price per unit for future sales. New product or not, your sales forecast won’t accurately predict the future.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share Some of Their Best Business Development Tips

Hearpreneur

In our case, this results in having the best marketers, top sales trainers, and closers, as well as the facilitators that can piece these together. This could be in the form of market trends and forecasts that give signs of potential pitfalls to steer clear of and opportunities to embrace. Thanks to Jason Rutel, Creative Nomads ! #9-

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Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

Both Sides of the Table

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. Specifically what is often not in the DNA of founders are sales skills. The result is a lack of knowledge of the process and of sales people themselves. We focused together on improving our sales methodology, our training and our comp plans.

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4 Ways Technology Can Help Streamline Business Operations

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Leveraging technology within your business model can lay down the path for improved productivity, smoother operation, and increased profits. Here are some of the many ways technology can help streamline your business operations…. Predictive analytics forecasts future outcomes based on current and historical data.

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Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations: The Board’s Guide

Board Effect

A budget isn’t a prediction, a forecast, a target or a wish list. Technology is an important tool for responsible budgeting for nonprofits. Funds raised may come from ticket sales, membership fees, proceeds of auctions, galas, sales of goods or services, or other fundraising activities.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody. Somebody asks whether you plan to set up 401k’s and do contribution matching. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. I think this paralyzes many people.