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At some point that title won’t make me think of the great Jack Nicholson and his role as Colonel Nathan Jessup in the 1992 movie “A Few Good Men” … but it is safe to say that point in time is a long way off for me. It is one of my all time favorite movies.
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It’s been a rough year for Chipotle. With rats literally falling from the ceiling in Dallas, Texas and norovirus outbreaks in Sterling, Virginia, it seems like things couldn’t get much worse for the fast-casual Mexican restaurant.
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First, the bad news: Most B2B buyers don’t trust salespeople. They don’t think salespeople do a good job of explaining how a product helps their business specifically. And they don’t think salespeople can converse with the senior executives who sign off on major purchases. The good news?
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