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Edward Kandel

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297 total appearances

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PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Yeah, it's a bit of a rallying call of like, this is an amazing time to be in solutions.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

I think unfortunately we will see job losses, especially on the junior side, and I think you're already seeing that.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

So it is like a rallying call of like, let's take this opportunity, but it is not one where you can sit and let the opportunity come to you.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Like there is going to be a shift in the skills that solutions teams need.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Um, so it is both a really big opportunity, but there are also like just concerns I have, um, you know, running a community of people, right.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Who we really value.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

So yeah, more than anything, it's a, it's a rallying call we do within co-form often of like, let's move towards this, but let's like, let's also not get left behind as individuals as well.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

And I,

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Actually, it's like, I think there will be some SEUs who aren't customer facing, but I think there will be almost like a context engineering role for SEUs where they are actually managing maybe on mid-market SMB of like the role of that herd knowledge in their heads, but actually maybe they aren't engaging with customers and their role is managing these agents.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Then as you go higher up the stack, you know, for at least a period, I think it will still be high trust and

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

actually where we see value accruing is less today.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

It's almost like, if I was to boil it down, what are the features that could help us win the sale?

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Obviously, there's value selling.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

But as an engineering resource used to be finite, and now it feels like it's far more democratized,

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

the ability for companies to have the same features or very similar features.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

So it's like, great, well, how will customers choose?

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

Well, I've got 10 CRMs who all do exactly the same thing or 10 outbound.

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

How will I choose?

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

And I think a lot of it will actually go to trust around deployment and go lives because then the question moves to who do I believe...

PreSales Unleashed | Sales Engineering im B2B Software Vertrieb
Why Solution Engineering Needs Its Own Operating System, with Edward Kandel (252)

will actually get this live for me.