Rahoul Baruah

Rahoul Baruah

Rubyist since 1.8.6. I like hair, dogs and Kim/Charli/Poppy. Also CTO at Collabor8Online.

What do you want out of life?

I went to a funeral the other day, so I'm afraid the next few letters are going to be a bit more reflective than usual. (By the way, these letters are

The Transition

Blair states that this is probably the easiest of the four conversations - if you've done the previous three correctly. The transition is the one I alluded to in "the

Qualifying the lead

The second conversation of the four is about qualification. This is your standard sales stuff. * Do they have a need? * Do they have the budget? * Is this the actual buyer? This is a

Determining the value

This is the most important conversation of the lot, and the hardest to master. I certainly struggle with it. The aim of this conversation is to ascertain the value of the project to

Proving yourself

I mentioned yesterday that Blair Enns talks about four conversations you have with. The first one is about "proving yourself" and, in many ways, is the easiest of the lot, as
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