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Peter Cohan

Peter Cohan

Founder & Principal | The Second Derivative

Peter Cohan is the founder and principal of The Second Derivative and the Great Demo! and Doing Discovery methodologies, focused on helping software organizations improve their presales, sales and marketing results – primarily through improving organizations’ demonstrations and discovery skills. He has experience as an individual contributor, manager and senior management in marketing, sales, business development, and as a member of the C-suite. He has also been and continues to be a prospect and a customer.

Suspending Disbelief: A Collection of Presales and Sales Stories (and Lessons Learned)

2:00 pm - 2:55 pm
Juniper Room

How Buyer Enablement is Changing Discovery

How many of us have actually purchased enterprise software? What did we dislike about the process – what did we appreciate? How can we, as vendors, enable both novice and experienced buyers to make their buying and value realization processes as frictionless and successful as possible? What is the role of discovery in supporting these efforts? We’ll examine these topics and more in this session…!

Seven Validated Habits for Stunningly Successful Demos