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gm legends, happy Sunday.
Todayâs standouts:Â a Cursor's big brain update; a platform to raise the funds for your next big idea, sans VC coffee; and an itty-bitty little desk toy that also functions as an analytics hub. Plus: how one maker lost a $50m deal and what he learned from it.
Top off the coffee. Set your status to off-grid. Letâs get into it.
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Ouch, that's a gut punch
Sanat wandered into that final pitch room after a year living inside the clientâs wallsâsenior architects parked on-site, specs nailed down, RFP co-authoredâutterly convinced the $50 million deal was his.
Then came the blow: âIt comes down to price.â Price was the excuse. The real mistake? Betting everything on one internal cheerleader. No whispers in procurement. No finance allies. No C-suite advocates. Just a single-threaded play that collapsed as soon as his champion lost influence.
From that crash came a new gospel: map every stakeholder from day one. Build parallel tracks into procurement, legal, finance, operations, and the elusive executive sponsor. Craft persona-specific messages. Stagger your asks. Never put all your chips on one personâs mood or job security.
He rewrote his entire playbookâand landed his next seven-figure deal without so much as a hiccup.
Curious how he turned that $50 million failure into a replicable blueprint for enterprise wins? Keep reading.
What's the secret sauce?
Nika kicked off the thread asking, âWhatâs your productâs standout feature and how do you pitch it?â
Answers boiled down to two things: automating pain points in one go (like setting prices and updating contracts automatically) and turning messy inputs into organized outputs (think brain-dump-to-task calendars). Whether itâs slicing through back-office chaos or getting your brand noticed where it matters, everyoneâs selling the piece that makes their life easier.
Worth a skim if you need a quick reminder how to talk up your productâs secret sauce.
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