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How do you balance building for large potential customers before they buy vs having the sales team sell what you already have?

D Matthew Landry
Cisco VP Product Management, Cisco Wireless4y
Rule of thumb: don't build before they buy. If this whale wants something specific, they should put skin the game, either through a services/customization contract or a ...
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Rena Mashintchian
Box Director of Product Management3y
Generally, the sales team should focus on selling what’s already on the truck. However, if there are gaps that are deemed deal blockers for customers, one of the most im...
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Jacqueline Porter
IBM Product Management1y
My answer would be don't balance it - just sell what you have. The most successful product-led companies I have been at are ones that are not chasing a vision of what was...
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management | Formerly Cisco3y
This has always been a chicken and egg problem, and the challenge itself is compounded by the fact that larger customers demand more scrutiny, (longer sales cycle). Dep...
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Ashka Vakil
strongDM Sr. Director, Product Management1y
This is the classic “build vs sell” tug-of-war between product and sales that every Enterprise PM is faced with. It’s a delicate dance, especially in an enterprise where ...
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