Seller

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PAUL MORRIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morris: Real estate sellers prefer negotiating terms over cutting prices
“Right now, Sellers are more often willing to negotiate terms than they are to cut price. That's my experience. And I think the market is showing that”
Paul Mark Morris Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 9:28 You Can Secure Your Future—Here's How to Navigate the Fed's Uncertainty!
Morris: In buyer-scarce standoffs, sellers concede on contract terms over price
“When buyers get scarce, contract terms get rich. So, sellers who won't cut the price will still concede on inspection windows, credits, rate buy downs, and closing timelines. That's where the deal lives in a standoff. In the terms of the deal, not in the headl…”
Paul Mark Morris Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 8:58 MARKET STANDOFF: Delayed Deals, Fed Uncertainty, and How to Make Money Anyway
Mandatory item listings drastically lower live-commerce sales velocity
“If every seller is now spending three minutes for every listing that they're making, The number of things that can sell per hour is now dramatically, dramatically lower, which means it's bad for sellers.”
Tom Verrilli Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 1:06:18 This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
PAUL MORRIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Owen: One In Five Contacted Sellers Open To Direct Off-Market Offers
“Out of sellers that we talked to about a potential offer in their home, one out of five might be open to a direct offer versus going on the market.”
Daryl Owen Jul 13, 2026 ▶ 15:56 UNBELIEVABLE PROFITS: Flipping Foreclosures & Hidden Deals! Discover How to Break Into Real Estate!
WE LIVE TO BUILD Assertion Not checkable as stated
Goyal: Only 1 in 100 Sellers Regularly Creates Content on LinkedIn
“Why is it that one out of every 100 sellers creates regular content on LinkedIn? The other 99 don't.”
Neal Goyal Jun 30, 2026 ▶ 25:59 1 Out of 100 Sellers Does This. He Built 8x Pipeline Doing It.
LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Supported
Grosser: Sales reps historically spend only 30% to 40% of time with customers
“And, you know, for the 20 years I've been in sales, it's always been somewhere around three to 40%. So the minority of time is actually talking to other humans.”
Jeanne DeWitt Grosser Nov 30, 2025 ▶ 17:44 What world-class GTM looks like in 2026 | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (Vercel, Stripe, Google)
PAUL MORRIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stepp: Commercial sellers often reject full-price offers based on buyer reputation
“Many times I'll tell the seller this, the backstory of a buyer and sometimes they won't even count or even if it's at full price based on the personality and then the reputation of the person.”
Kimberly Stepp Sep 22, 2025 ▶ 6:27 Turning Rent Control Into Profit
20VC Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2030
Bendov: Increased AI efficiency will decrease overall sales headcount needs
“Salespeople are required, there'll be fewer sellers, I'm pretty sure”
Amit Bendov Sep 12, 2025 ▶ 19:14 20VC: Why AI SDRs are BS and Do Not Work | How to Use AI in Your Sales Team and Process to Win Today | What Skills Do All New Reps Need to Have in an AI First World with Amit Bendov, CEO @ Gong
SAASTR Insight
Human Sales Reps Remain Essential for Security and Compliance Reviews
“Where sellers end up being still very essential is things like security and compliance review, where you're actually, it goes back to trust where it's somewhat arbitrary process.”
Dmitry Shevelenko Jun 11, 2025 ▶ 29:55 5 Ways AI Has Already Changed B2B Sales Forever with Perplexity's CBO Dmitry Shevelenko
20VC Disclosure
Fiechtner: Give sales reps pricing ownership within reasonable guardrails
“I've told my sellers at the last three companies I've been to is like, you own pricing. If you come to me and help explain why this is important for the client's success and why it's going to make them successful, Within staying with reasonable guide rails, we…”
Ben Fiechtner Aug 2, 2024 ▶ 10:00 Ben Fiechtner: 12-Week Step-by-Step Framework to Crush Every Sales Quarter | E1185 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Gartner: Sellers Get Only 9% of Buyer Time During Inbound Deals
“When on an inbound lead to your business, the seller now gets nine percent of that buyer's time to evaluate whether they're going to go with you or not. And Harry, in that nine percent, this is according to Gartner, in that nine percent, you must split that ti…”
Sean Murray Jan 24, 2024 ▶ 3:09 Sean Murray: Why Discovery Today is F***** & How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively | E1107 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Cohen: Amazon copies third-party products to undercut sellers out of business
“They just undercut the seller completely run them out of business because they sell it at way cheaper and ship it much faster and that for, and probably manufactured better.”
Oshree Cohen Jan 9, 2024 ▶ 16:32 He Raised His Price 3x and Got More Leads Than the Cheaper Version
20VC Insight
Jiménez: Sales reps must generate a portion of their own pipeline
“But I do think it's very important for sellers to create Some of their own pipeline. They're not fully responsible for it, but they have to have skin in the game on creating pipeline.”
Lori Jiménez Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 33:43 Lori Jiménez: How to Increase Sales; Hiring Tips from Google; Best Way to Grow Sales Teams | E1043 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Founders should never hire a VP of Sales before an individual seller
“But in no circumstances do you really want to bring in a VP of sales before you have a seller, because they're gonna come in with the preconceived notions That ultimately might not mesh with your particular business model.”
Mark Goldberger Apr 19, 2023 ▶ 7:19 Mark Goldberger: The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Sales | E1003 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Marlin: M&A sellers should over-disclose potential deal-breakers early to build trust
“These transactions are based on trust, and both sides need to trust the other, but part of building that trust is being honest with the people on the other side, and so we tell them to over-disclose if there is a, if there's something that You know, could poss…”
Ken Marlin Feb 5, 2017 ▶ 9:26 EP 561: He Did $1b in 2016 Transactions (Takes on avg 3%) at his M&A Firm Marlin and Associates with CEO Ken Marlin

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