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    Why Great Companies Get Started in the Downturns

    Matt McCall is a co-founder and Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners. He writes with great ...

    McKinsey on Surviving the Downturn

    One of my little luxuries is a McKinsey Quarterly subscription. I keep it up even during challenging times because it forces ...

    The Company Pitch - No Time to Show Up and Throw Up

    John Holland, co-founder and co-author of CustomerCentric Selling(r) has just reminded me how painful company presentations ...

    Four Disruptors that are Changing the Software Business

    For any of you who are not yet familiar with it, Selling Power is an outstanding online resource for B2B sales and marketing ...

    Time to Unclog the Pipeline!

    Deals seem to be taking longer, more decision-makers are getting involved, and more deals just keep slipping from quarter to ...

    New Year Forecasting Resolutions

    The dust has started to settle on 2008, and from what we hear, a number of organisations ended up below their initial Q4 ...

    The Cost of Inaction

    It's clear that the current economic climate is causing a great of risk-averse behaviour on the part of B2B prospects. More ...

    Anecdotes: the antidote to premature elaboration in sales

    I imagine we've all seen it, and frequently suffered from it: the sales person who can't wait to tell you about the ...

    Go beyond Win/Loss reports to find out why others chose "None of the Above"

    Vendors who have the discipline to complete win/loss reports usually uncover valuable insights. But concentrating only on ...

    The curse of the "Slow No"

    If you're going to lose, it's always better to lose early - and if a deal is going nowhere, it's always better to realise ...