Latest · Growing in SalesHunter vs Farmer: A Useful Shorthand Nobody Ever TestedGreat way to design a territory. Terrible way to pick a person.By Alan Tai · September 10, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Reactive Problem Solver: The Right Instinct, Aimed at the Wrong StageGreat at problems that already exist. Structurally terrible at pipeline.By Alan Tai · September 9, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Lone Wolf Sales Profile: The Finding The Challenger Sale BuriedA quarter of the top performers in the study ignore your process. That is a finding about the process.By Alan Tai · September 8, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Relationship Builder: The 7% Everyone Quotes, and What It Leaves OutThe profile that loses new logos may be the one that keeps the revenue.By Amit Bakshi · September 4, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesWhy Deals Go to No Decision, and Why Urgency Makes It WorseYour biggest competitor is a buyer who agrees with you and does nothing.By Amit Bakshi · September 2, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesSDR Attrition: The 40% Is Not the Interesting NumberTenure is at a fifteen-year high and the path out of the role is closing. Those are the same story.By Jai Easton · August 31, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesMEDDIC vs Challenger: The Comparison Is WrongOne takes two hours to teach. The other takes days and a domain expert. That difference should decide your rollout order.By Alan Tai · August 27, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleConstructive Tension in Sales: What It Means and What It Doesn'tPush the idea, not the person. The distinction that decides whether the rest of the model works.By Alan Tai · August 25, 2026Read article →
Competitive ComparisonGong Alternatives: An Honest Guide to the Category in 2026Gong started shipping AI roleplay in February. That changes the shortlist.By Alan Tai · August 24, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Challenger Sale Framework: How Teach, Tailor, Take Control Actually WorksThe three behaviors, the six-part pitch, and the price conversation. What to actually say, and where teams get it wrong.By Alan Tai · August 21, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesWhat Is Conversation Intelligence? And What It Was Built to AssumeThe whole category assumes that reviewing calls changes behavior. That assumption is thinner than it looks.By Amit Bakshi · August 20, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleWhat The Challenger Sale Research Actually Found (And What Gets Misquoted)Four different percentage tables, one book, and a lot of confident blog posts quoting the wrong one.By Alan Tai · August 19, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesCoaching Field Reps at Scale: What the Evidence Says, and What It Doesn'tRamp is the longest it has been in twenty years. Here is what the research says to do about it.By Amit Bakshi · August 18, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Hard Worker Sales Profile: Why Effort Is Not the ConstraintThe most likeable profile in the book, and the one the numbers treat worst.By Alan Tai · August 17, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesSOC 2 Type II for AI Vendors: What the Badge Actually CertifiesThe badge is real. It just answers a narrower question than most buyers think.By Alan Tai · August 13, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesTypes of Salespeople: What the Evidence Actually SupportsMost of the popular frameworks were never tested. Here is what was.By Alan Tai · August 12, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesAI is a GPT! (“General Purpose Technology”)And WingRep + Gong can help you succeed!By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleBuilding a Challenger Sales CultureTurn individual excellence into a repeatable, coachable system.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleTeach, Tailor, Take Control: The Challenger Trifecta Explained3 behaviors that consistently define top performers in sales.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
PodcastMarshall Goldsmith on Integrity, Mentorship, and AI CoachingIntegrity in the age of AI coaching.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleThe Five Types of Sales RepsAnd why one wins consistently.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Growing in SalesFrom Founder Grit to Sales Success: Building Repeatable Sales MotionsHow coaching, structure, and process turn early hustle into a scalable sales engine.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Book Series: The Challenger SaleRelationship Building Isn't Enough in SalesCustomer loyalty comes from the sales experience itself.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Trust & SecuritySOC 2 Type 2 Compliance in the Age of AI InnovationBuilding AI on a foundation of security and trust.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →
Sales LeadershipFrom Rep to Leader: The Mindset Shift That Defines Great Sales LeadersWhy moving from “me” to “we” is the hardest, and most important, transition in sales.By Amit Bakshi · May 11, 2026Read article →