WHO IT IS FOR
Your grandmother’s recipe was the best in the family. It was never sold.
You can close. That is not in question. The question is what closes when you are not in the room — and whether the four people you are about to hire will ever be able to do what you do.
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING
Founder-led selling works right up to the moment it is the only thing that works. Then it is a ceiling and, to an investor, a risk.
THE WORK
Capture how you win before new sellers arrive, rather than throwing them a deck and a quota.
Turn knowledge in your head into a motion that can be taught, inspected and improved.
Build all four wheels: product, motion, demand and a way to convert demand.
Measure the handover honestly: founder-sourced revenue below 20%, with the rest closing without you.
THE TEST
The knowledge is not missing. It is unwritten, unteachable and unrepeatable — which is also why it cannot be inspected or improved.
THE NEXT MOVE
Do not start with a programme. Start with the one live deal, account or operating problem that tells you where the motion is missing.
PRINCIPLES TO APPLY
The thinking behind the move.
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Sales is a motion to be navigated, not a process to be followed.
A complex deal is a sequence of buyer decisions. The job is to read the moment, name the most important next decision and turn it into a move.
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One size fits one — your position decides your motion.
A category leader, a challenger and a category creator face different beliefs before the first call. Position, stage, deal shape and buyer context decide the motion. The template cannot.
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Nail it before we scale it.
Do not multiply a motion that is still dependent on a founder’s memory, a top seller’s instinct or a generic playbook. Capture how you already win, make it teachable and test it on live deals first.
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