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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "Describe to me how we developed our sales process." "We copied a ten year old blog post repeating Google's third-hand." "Why?" "Google's!"

      2 replies 6 retweets 32 likes
    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "Tell me how we do lead nurturing here." "What's that?" "Even if they're not ready to take a job we send them something, right?" "Lol why."

      1 reply 2 retweets 37 likes
    3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "You still working Amy?" "Yep." "Who can know that she trusts who we can ask to talk us up to Amy?" "That's both useless and impossible."

      3 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
    4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "How's our pricing compare to competitors?" "Better than market." "I know we tell people that but is. It. True." "Why does it matter?"

      1 reply 3 retweets 31 likes
    5. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "So how did that sales call go?" "I asked an engineer to take it." "... You have a plan." "He flaked. Prospect was alone for an hour." /2

      1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
    6. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "JESUS CHRIST." "What?" "How do we salvage that prospect?" "He got pissy. Poor culture fit. DQed." "How do we never do this again?" "Why?"

      2 replies 2 retweets 23 likes
    7. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "How'd last call go?" "Crap lead man." "OK, so how would you rate your performance on selling?" "Oh I only do that when excited about lead."

      2 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
    8. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "What's customers purchasing process look like?" "Is that a trick? They use our sales process." "... OK. What's that look like?" "Wing it!"

      1 reply 2 retweets 17 likes
    9. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "Who's the leads economic buyer?" "The lead. Duh." "They make all decisions." "Of course." "They ever ask anyone for input?" "Prob no. Why?"

      2 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
    10. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "What were the deals you were happiest about last year at time of close?" "X, Y, Z." "Which is best one year later?" "What do you mean?"

      1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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      "Explain to me how you qualify." "I've got hard DQs and soft DQs." "Name a hard DQ." "None exist." "A soft DQ." "Lead's school is subpar."

      7:33 AM - 31 Aug 2016
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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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          "What's the difference between a soft DQ and a hard DQ?" "Oh, a DQ is a DQ, unless I've got a vibe." "A vibe." "You know, like passion."

          1 reply 1 retweet 23 likes
        3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Aug 2016
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          "Where do we source?" "Industry standard is to buy leads from 1 provider and scrape 1 free one." "And where do WE source?" "Like I said."

          2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
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        1. Jurie Horneman‏ @JurieHorneman 31 Aug 2016
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          What does DQ stand for?

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