Strengthening Relationships with AI Social Operating System
➕ Plus Failure is only a tragedy if you refuse to learn from it.
Hello from your friend in Bucharest, Romania.
In this issue: Innovators can laugh with Haz Hubble, failure is only a tragedy if you refuse to learn from it, and you better open another bottle of wine 🍷
Innovators Can Laugh
Has had dinner with Richard Branson
Was the COO of a 100+ person company at age 22
Is revolutionizing the way people connect and maintain relationships
Hear my conversation with Haz Hubble, founder of Pally in ep. 134.
🎙️📺 Catch the interview on Spotify, Apple, other platform, or on YouTube.
“You better open another bottle of wine”
Failure is only a tragedy if you refuse to learn from it
Now that I’ve launched a new service business and have to ‘sell’ and close leads, I’m not ashamed to say that I sucked at my first few sales calls.
The part I got wrong was that I went straight into talking about how great my product was.
Instead, I should have been asking:
- What are your goals and timeline?
- What metrics are you responsible for?
- What interests you about our service?
- What big problem are you facing and how urgent is this problem?
- How does this impact you personally?
- What other solutions are you considering?
- What is the budget range?
It’s only after asking the right questions can you determine if there is a big enough desire for your product.
By no means do I got this down. But I’m learning. 👊
Coming up …
Laugh with Mihai Cepoi, Founder & CEO @ Jobful
The End
It’s been a wonderful past few days. I got to hang out with Adriana Tica, have a family vacation with friends in Poiana Brasov, go sledding and snow ball fight with my kids, and relax for a change. That isn’t to say I haven’t been working. (I’m American, can’t go without doing at least a little bit of work each day) 😆
Behind the scenes I’m planning a rebrand of the Innovators Can Laugh podcast, got a couple of new proposals out for b2b podcast group sponsorships, and onboarded a new podcaster to the community.
Look forward to getting back into the swing of things next week when the kids are back in school : )
Have a great weekend!
Eric M.
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