economic buyer

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jun 7, 2023 by Rich Liu · across every show →

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Jun 7, 2023
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Liu: Failing to reach economic buyers is killing enterprise deals
“Second one is not getting to the economic buyer and actually selling to them. Right now the, oh, I got, you know, I got the EB back behind the scenes. That's not a true champion. You don't have a deal. Those are probably the things that are hurting deals the m…”
Rich Liu Jun 7, 2023 ▶ 53:11 Rich Liu: Sales in 2023; How to Onboard, Manage and Scale Reps; PLG vs Enterprise Growth | E1023 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 2, 2023
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Lori Jiménez: Lack of economic buyer access is top cause of deal delays
“So a lot of the core of that, like if it's A result of the salesperson's engagement. It's because there wasn't access to the economic buyer. That's usually like the number one part of medic that makes it fail is you're just not, you're not there.”
Lori Jiménez Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 35:29 Lori Jiménez: How to Increase Sales; Hiring Tips from Google; Best Way to Grow Sales Teams | E1043 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 10, 2023
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True enterprise sales champions willingly introduce reps to the economic buyer
“A good way to test that champion. If they are real champion is will they actually bring you to the economic buyer?”
Chris Degnan Nov 10, 2023 ▶ 28:20 Chris Degnan: Why You Should Hire a Head of Sales Sooner Than You Think | E1080 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 13, 2023
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Goldberg: Enterprise change agents are often mid-level leaders seeking promotion
“The economic buyer could be the CFO, but the change agent could be a senior director of revenue operations who wants to be a vice president or a senior vice president who wants to make a mark on something because they believe it so much that they're going to d…”
Steve Goldberg Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 9:54 Steve Goldberg: Core Questions All CFOs Ask Today When Buying | E1094 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 22, 2024
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Fougere: True economic buyers are one or two levels higher than expected
“What I know from experience is it's probably one or two levels above whatever you think it is, whoever you think it is.”
Dan Fougere Nov 22, 2024 ▶ 4:18 Dan Fougere, CRO @Datadog: Why Discounting is Dangerous and Contract Sizes are Misleading | E1229 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 28, 2025
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McMahon: Six months without meeting the economic buyer means no deal
“You don't have a champion, and you're not getting the deal. Because if you really, truly have been in that account for six months, and you truly had a champion, and you think you're gonna get a half a million dollar deal, you already probably met the economic …”
John McMahon Nov 28, 2025 ▶ 10:49 20Sales: John McMahon on How to Hire, Train & Retain the Best Sales Reps | How Sales Changes in a World of AI | Sales Lessons from Snowflake and MongoDB | How to Create and Drive a Sales Process with Urgency
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