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Enterprise

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The VC view: why AI-era buyers still close on 1996 fundamentals

Oct 8, 2026

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3 min read

The VC view: why AI-era buyers still close on 1996 fundamentals

Scale Venture Partners' Craig Rosenberg on discovery, thesis-led research and the human last mile

Leadership

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The 29-Point Gap: What Weekly Coaching Does to Quota

Oct 6, 2026

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2 min read

The 29-Point Gap: What Weekly Coaching Does to Quota

Weekly-coached teams hit 76% of quota. Quarterly-coached teams hit 47%. Same reps, one variable.

Leadership

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We used to annoy buyers one email at a time. Now we do it at scale.

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

We used to annoy buyers one email at a time. Now we do it at scale.

Moxso's Viktor Von Paustian on human selling, trust-first cold calls and why you can't automate your way out of everything.

Playbooks

Discovery Is Where Deals Die

Sep 29, 2026

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2 min read

Discovery Is Where Deals Die

60% of leaders say poor discovery is the number one deal killer. Here's the fix.

Enterprise

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How Snowflake sellers answer technical objections they don't understand in real time

Sep 24, 2026

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4 min read

How Snowflake sellers answer technical objections they don't understand in real time

A Snowflake AE on hyper relevance, streamlined enterprise teams and hypothesis selling

Playbooks

The Opener Playbook: Win the First 15 Seconds of Every Cold Call

Sep 22, 2026

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3 min read

The Opener Playbook: Win the First 15 Seconds of Every Cold Call

Successful cold calls average 93 seconds. The openers that earn them share three moves.

Enterprise

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Global Payments gives every rep a monthly AI budget. Here's why.

Sep 10, 2026

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4 min read

Global Payments gives every rep a monthly AI budget. Here's why.

Global Payments' Head of Sales on the slow sell, AI lawyers and rep AI budgets

Playbooks

Multi-Threading: Why One Champion Is One Point of Failure

Sep 8, 2026

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3 min read

Multi-Threading: Why One Champion Is One Point of Failure

Buying committees run 6-10 people. The multi-threading playbook that closes 67% higher.

Leadership

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The exact six-touch sequence your sales team should be running (there's no email in it)

Sep 3, 2026

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5 min read

The exact six-touch sequence your sales team should be running (there's no email in it)

Hugo Wendel runs a connect rate close to 40% across the Nordics, Italy and Spain. Here's the cadence behind it.

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