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Ask HN: Tips/secrets for partnering with large businesses?

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Re: Ask HN: Tips/secrets for partnering with large businesses?

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At Topguest, we’ve signed many deals with big companies such as Hilton Worldwide, IHG, Virgin America, Wyndham, and others despite being in business under a year and not having prior experience in our industry. First, before you even start trying to get a meeting, these 2 things must both be true: • You have a strong hypothesis of what Company X’s specific pain point is, informed by research • If your hypothesis is r…

great post man. Please turn it into a blog post.

Thanks. working on it!

Re: Ask HN: Tips/secrets for partnering with large businesses?

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At Topguest, we’ve signed many deals with big companies such as Hilton Worldwide, IHG, Virgin America, Wyndham, and others despite being in business under a year and not having prior experience in our industry. First, before you even start trying to get a meeting, these 2 things must both be true: • You have a strong hypothesis of what Company X’s specific pain point is, informed by research • If your hypothesis is r…

Blog post is up on Business Insider. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2444263

Really glad this was so helpful. I will do a follow up post soon on how to close sales.

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