Remove Customer Remove Oracle Remove Outsource Development
article thumbnail

One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

Both Sides of the Table

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. The most important way to sell a product for an early-stage business (or frankly any stage) is to have strong referenceable customers. How do you get referenceable customers?

Startup 403
article thumbnail

Helping Startups Understand Salespeople & the Sales Culture

Both Sides of the Table

Whenever I heard why we didn’t feel a sales process at an important customer was going well (or if we lost) I would get involved myself. They are as good at selling you as they are at selling your product to customers. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references.

Sales 382
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

Both Sides of the Table

Whenever I heard why we didn’t feel a sales process at an important customer was going well (or if we lost) I would get involved myself. They are as good at selling you as they are at selling your product to customers. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. They’re in beta).

Sales 316
article thumbnail

Interview with Damir Davidovic, NEOGOV

socalTECH

Currently, we have over a thousand customers, with customers ranging from anywhere from 100 employees to clients with more than a 100,000. Most of the top 100 cities and counties in the country are our customers, and twenty out of fifty states run all their recruiting and HR through our system. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

8 Personal Strategies For Winning With Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.

Oracle 124
article thumbnail

8 Keys To Building And Nurturing Trusted Connections

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits will point to great entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, and Larry Ellison at Oracle, as examples of opinionated and egotistical leaders who succeeded without consideration for relationships. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.

Oracle 113
article thumbnail

ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities

InfoChachkie

As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Exclusivity excludes your startup from taking full advantage of future customer, partner and market opportunities. Market segments – like certain geographies, there may be groups of customers that are outside your primary target market(s).