When I was 25 and building my first company, Spheric, I closed an enterprise level deal with Procter & Gamble. Not only was it an “arrival point” for my company… But in the negotiations, I actually got P&G to fund an entire slate of new integrations and features, while we retained the IP. ...

At 8 years old, I got diagnosed with ADHD. I felt broken. Burdened by a “brain’ that would surely screw me out of any type of meaningful contribution in the world. Every day was a crapshoot. Without knowing how I’d “show up” on any given day, setting goals (and pursuing them) felt like a fool’s ...

I believe there are two types of people in the world… … those who’ve been punched in the face – and those who haven’t. Growing up, I got in a lot of trouble. That meant getting into fist fights. It’s always amazed me how paralyzed with fear someone will get at the threat of getting in a fight. I’ve ...

Nightmare scenario: You just spent 30 mins delivering an amazing product demo. The guy on the other end of the Zoom call is all hot and bothered. Loves your solution. Sees the value. Wants it yesterday. So you go in for the close…

If nobody’s pushing back on your pricing… That’s a problem. You might be thinking: “But Dan.. isn’t it a good thing that everyone’s saying YES to my price without resistance? Why would I want to rock that boat?” Simply put:

If you run a small team of just 5 employees/co-founders… Your weekly meetings are likely costing you well north of 50k/year. Simple math… … average hourly rate x number of people x 52. That’s how much you’re spending to run your weekly meeting.

Have you ever tried to collect a case study only to find yourself stumbling over the “ask” before mercifully aborting mission? Yep. Happens to just about every SaaS founder. Even when we get epic results for our customers… … asking for a case study turns otherwise confident SaaS founders into the ...

“Help me. Help you.” Nope… Not talking about that epic one liner from Jerry Maguire. I’m talking about the inner dialogue your customers experience whenever they try to refer your product to their tribe. One of the EASIEST ways to acquire a new B2B Saas customer is to have your current users refer ...

“You’re not suppose to succeed!” “The numbers are against you from day one.” Those were the words hurled at me across the board room from one of my mentors. Encouraging, right? Up until that point I had so much confidence that failure wasn’t an option. But the truth is – and you hear it all the ...

Are you acting like a 5 year old when demoing your product? Last week my son Max (5) asked me to help him with his show & tell presentation. So I taught him a simple 3 step process. Start with the problem. (Story) Pick 3 benefits & features to highlight (Demo) Ask if they want to play ...

All SaaS companies need sales people. Even products like Dropbox & Slack have sales teams. If you look at the Montclare SaaS 250 list, they all have sales teams. So why do startups push off making this hire for so long? It’s usually because they don’t know what to look for and are scared that a ...