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One of the Most Frequent Errors in Sales Planning and Forecasting

Tom Tunguz

One of the most consistent errors made in sales projections and planning is mismatching the ramp time to the sales cycle. What does this mean? If my startup has a 9 months sales cycle and the VP of Sales projects a six month ramp time, my startup is committing this error. How should one expect a new account executive to start delivering bookings in their first quarter if the typical sales cycle is longer than the ramp period?

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The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software)

Andreessen Horowitz

At a technical level, artificial intelligence seems to be the future of software. AI is showing remarkable progress on a range of difficult computer science problems, and the job of software developers – who now work with data as much … The post The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software) appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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