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Sanat wandered into that final pitch room after a year living inside the client’s walls—senior architects parked on-site, specs nailed down, RFP co-authored—utterly convinced the $50 million deal was his.
Then came the blow: “It comes down to price.” Price was the excuse. The real mistake? Betting everything on one internal cheerleader. No whispers in procurement. No finance allies. No C-suite advocates. Just a single-threaded play that collapsed as soon as his champion lost influence.
From that crash came a new gospel: map every stakeholder from day one. Build parallel tracks into procurement, legal, finance, operations, and the elusive executive sponsor. Craft persona-specific messages. Stagger your asks. Never put all your chips on one person’s mood or job security.
He rewrote his entire playbook—and landed his next seven-figure deal without so much as a hiccup.
Curious how he turned that $50 million failure into a replicable blueprint for enterprise wins? Keep reading.
Nika kicked off the thread asking, “What’s your product’s standout feature and how do you pitch it?”
Answers boiled down to two things: automating pain points in one go (like setting prices and updating contracts automatically) and turning messy inputs into organized outputs (think brain-dump-to-task calendars). Whether it’s slicing through back-office chaos or getting your brand noticed where it matters, everyone’s selling the piece that makes their life easier.
Worth a skim if you need a quick reminder how to talk up your product’s secret sauce.
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