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Rainforests and Torn ACL's Provide Insight into Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Based on the non-stop rain and humidity we have had for the last 6 weeks in Massachusetts, you could probably make a case that not only do we now have a rainy season, but where our house is located, we must live in a rain forest. Hold that thought. Dinger, our GoldenDoodle, who I have featured in several articles , tore his ACL last week.

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Can a New Sales Manager Be a Difference Maker?

Understanding the Sales Force

For the longest time, my local Panera in Westboro Massachusetts was awful. Online orders were never ready at or even close to the time they provided for pickup. Like phone company awful. And cable company awful. The problem was chronic. The half and half was always empty. The wait at the drive-through was intolerable.

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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

In Central Massachusetts, the 2024 Foliage season was dramatically different from a year ago when the leaves turned late in the fall, without much color, and they didn’t drop until the second half of November. Long Foliage Cycle.

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9 Reasons Why Salespeople Lack the Urgency Necessary to Succeed

Understanding the Sales Force

He moved into the lane closed off by the cone, rolled his window down and screamed, "Get out of the way!". He was working a private detail, was 5 minutes late and was with the Massachusetts Environmental Police. But, from what?

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Predict the Weather but Control the Sales Forecast and Revenue

Understanding the Sales Force

It's June 6 in Westboro, Massachusetts, USA, and the temperature is 49 degrees Farenheight or 9 degrees Celsius. You may be more familiar when the rant sounds like, it's almost the end of the quarter, we're only at 65% of forecast, the pipeline is half empty, and nothing is closing. Image Copyright Mark_KA. The weather sucks.

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How the pandemic affected marketing technology replacements

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That’s close enough to be a virtual tie. Three years ago, when Casey Bolduc joined Massachusetts- based solar power company ACE Solar, project management was not tied to a central tool. “A Perhaps we’re really looking at a realization of plans which were underway before COVID-19, and which were driven by other considerations.

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The Next Great SaaS IPO is Officially Coming: Klaviyo

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The SaaS IPO window really closed in late 2021 with HashiCorp as the last great one to IPO in December 2021. “Since we were founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen, we have been able to reach significant scale, with revenue of $472.7 And now we have that first great IPO filing since 2021 — Klaviyo.