Sales model is critical go-to-market piece

Getting caught up on reading as I nurse a cold today. An article worth highlighting. On page B10 of this (3/28/06) Tuesday’s WSJ, there was an article on marketing strategy

How is consulting different than therapy?

A client asked me this question during what was our consultation meeting: “How is consulting different than therapy?”. Great question, isn’t it? So while I came up with some rational

Great Product Management starts with…

One of the more common questions I hear from product management teams is based on figuring out why company A is successful and company B is not. Perhaps it’s that

Decision-making done right

THE MISSION: Our mission, should you decide to accept it, is to read this article and think of your own ‘mission impossible’ task of making decisions at your company. You

Ways benchmarking makes strategies better

I do benchmarking all the time, but I never think that the application of all that data is a 1-size-fits-all model. Benchmarking can be useful to learn what other companies

What makes a good Sales Comp Plan?

Last week, I worked with a CEO on designing / redesigning his comp plan. He has a set up where the business sells subscriptions and the sales rep gets paid