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What Is a Deal Desk?

Salesforce

A Deal Desk is essentially an assembly line for sales, replacing the need for one person to switch between various types of tasks with a streamlined, repeatable process. That’s what it’s like when sales reps manage approvals, pricing, and legal terms piecemeal, chasing down stakeholders for every deal.

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In a Land of Automated Milk and Honey, Marketers Are Presented With an Opportunity

Hubspot

Little did I know that this somewhat primitive human-robot interaction would set into motion a series of events that would bring me back to California, time and time again, for many more interactions with machine-taught, artificially intelligent beings and gadgets. The latest Amazon Go store in San Francisco, California.

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7 Steps to Creating an Operating System for Your Agency

Hubspot

He was so curious that he bought a plane ticket and flew from Illinois to California to see what kind of restaurant would make such a purchase. When Ray Kroc walked into the McDonald brothers’ restaurant in San Bernardino, California, he was blown away. Its narrow offerings were all produced in an assembly-line-style system.