The First Meeting Scorecard
Score a first conversation against the five things that actually start a sales cycle.
The meeting felt great, they asked about pricing, then it went quiet. A good-feeling first meeting is the most dangerous kind.
Use this to:
- Check whether a real problem and its commercial scale were established.
- Test for a diarised next step with buyer commitment attached.
- Spot 'false momentum' deals before they clog the forecast.
How it works
When the postmortem is done, the problem usually isn't the close, it's the first meeting. A weak one looks like progress: a contact, a next stage, a note that the call felt positive. But the sale never started.
This scorecard tests a first conversation against the five things that make it a real start: a researched point of view, mutual agreement on it, the beginnings of a problem statement, an initial value discussion, and the right people with a diarised next step. Score a recent meeting and you'll see fast whether you started a cycle, or just had a chat.
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