All Posts by Scott Sambucci

Nov
15, 2019

The Confirm-Ask-Explore Framework

By Scott Sambucci | November 15, 2019

“Asking the right questions, the right way, is critical in the recognition of the ‘needs stage’ of the sale.  Confirm-Ask-Explore is a sales-meeting methodology that I developed that’s useful for needs-analysis meetings and sales conversations and translates well into most other types of sales meetings, including lead qualification calls, product demos, meetings with technical buyers, […]

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Nov
13, 2019

Innovators vs. Laggards

By Scott Sambucci | November 13, 2019

“As a startup, you’re looking for “innovators” and “early adopters” as your first customers — companies and executives actively seeking new ideas and technology to solve their business problems because of one of the following reasons. Existing vendors in the market are old, outdated, or unable to adapt their products to solve an emerging or […]

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Nov
12, 2019

Episode 74: Creating & Delivering Killer Product Demos: An Interview with Oscar Santolalla

By Scott Sambucci | November 12, 2019

  In this episode of the Startup Selling Podcast, I interviewed Oscar Santolalla, Author and Sales Engineer at Ubisecure.  Oscar has spent years in product management and sales roles in the tech industry. Since 2014, Oscar has been hosting the public speaking podcast ‘Time to Shine’, in which he has interviewed more than one hundred […]

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Nov
12, 2019

Problem Awareness

By Scott Sambucci | November 12, 2019

“Either your customer is aware or unaware that he or she has the problem that you solve. If your prospective customer is “problem unaware,” this means that you will need to invest a significant amount of time with the prospective customer to help him or her see the magnitude of the problem, find the right […]

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Nov
11, 2019

Stage 1 of the Enterprise Sale: Recognition of Needs

By Scott Sambucci | November 11, 2019

“Recognition of needs, the first stage, is exactly that—analyzing the prospective customer’s need. Your job as a seller is to identify and qualify the problem the customer has to solve—Does the customer have the core problem that your product and company solves? and Is he or she aware that the company has this problem?  This […]

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