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5 Rules for Successful Startup Pilots, POCs, Trials | Dose 045

Andrew Ackerman · Dreamit Ventures Free Intermediate

5 Rules for Successful Startup Pilots, POCs, Trials | Dose 045

Eight minutes on the terms to agree before a pilot starts: success criteria in writing, a named decision maker, an end date, and a price. That front loading is the difference between a pilot that converts and one that ends in a shrug.

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The question it answers

  1. They want a pilot before they commit. How do I run one that ends in a contract instead of a shrug?

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