GenAI Platform Selling to the Enterprise CIO — 60-Min Training

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### Direct Answer

> **GenAI Platform Selling to the Enterprise CIO** is a 60-minute training for AEs running $200K–$3M ACV cycles against **Glean, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Google Vertex AI Search, Vectara, Cohere Enterprise, IBM watsonx, AWS Q Business**. Qualify against **CIO + CDO + CISO**, run discovery on **data source breadth + time-to-production + answer quality + permission-aware retrieval**, demo against customer's actual SharePoint + Confluence + Salesforce. Built on **MEDDPICC** + **Force Management**.

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## Section 1 — Why GenAI Platform Selling Is Different (5 min)

GenAI platforms are bought to make enterprise knowledge accessible. CIO funds; CDO governs data; CISO governs permissions.

End with **Mark Roberge's** rule: *"Sell knowledge-accessible-in-30-days."*

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## Section 2 — The 60-Minute Discovery (15 min)

> 1. **Opening (3 min):** "Walk me through your enterprise knowledge sources — SharePoint, Confluence, Salesforce, Slack, Jira."
> 2. **Document inventory (10 min):** "How many documents? **10M+ at maturity** typical."
> 3. **Data source breadth required (10 min):** "Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Slack, Confluence, Jira, GitHub, Notion, Zendesk, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Box, Dropbox."
> 4. **Permission-aware retrieval (10 min):** "Must respect existing ACLs."
> 5. **Answer quality bar (8 min):** "LLM-as-judge scoring. **8.5/10+** best-in-class."
> 6. **Time-to-production target (7 min):** "**30 days** best-in-class."
> 7. **Renewal posture (5 min):** "Existing contracts and renewal dates?"

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A[AE Schedules Discovery] --> B[Send Pre-Brief]
    B --> C{CIO + CDO + CISO?}
    C -->|No| D[Reschedule]
    C -->|Yes| E[Inventory + Sources 20 min]
    E --> F[Permissions + Quality 18 min]
    F --> G[Time-to-Prod + Renewal 12 min]
    G --> H[POC Connected Within 7 Days]
```

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## Section 3 — The POC That Wins (15 min)

**Failure modes to ban.** Sample-corpus POCs. No permission-aware retrieval. Limited connector coverage.

**Wins to coach.** **5 connectors live within 7 days.** **Permission-aware retrieval demo on customer's actual ACLs.** **Answer quality scorecard mid-pilot.**

End with **Andy Paul's** rule.

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## Section 4 — Handling the Incumbent (10 min)

**Counter-move 1 — Connector breadth wedge.** *"How many native data sources does your incumbent support?"*

**Counter-move 2 — Permission-aware wedge.** *"Does your incumbent respect existing ACLs natively?"*

**Counter-move 3 — Time-to-production wedge.** *"Days from contract sign to first production dashboard?"*

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## Section 5 — Pricing Conversation (10 min)

**Landmine 1 — Per-user vs. Per-query pricing.** Per-user wins enterprise predictability.

**Landmine 2 — Multi-year discount.** 12–18%.

**Landmine 3 — No procurement-only meetings.**

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A[Joint CIO + CDO + CISO] --> B[Per-User Proposal]
    B --> C{Discount Aligned?}
    C -->|No| D[Reset]
    C -->|Yes| E[MSA Drafted]
    E --> F{Procurement Solo?}
    F -->|Yes| G[Refuse]
    F -->|No| H[Joint Negotiation]
    G --> H
    H --> I[Onboarding 7 Days]
    I --> J[5 Connectors Live Day 14]
    J --> K[Quarterly Connector Review]
```

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## Section 6 — The Trap-Set for Renewal at Month 12 (5 min)

**Trap-set 1 — 10+ connectors live within 6 months.**

**Trap-set 2 — Answer quality 8.5/10+ within 3 months.**

**Trap-set 3 — Permission-aware retrieval at 100% of sources.**

**Trap-set 4 — Joint CIO QBR dashboard.**

Close with **Jeb Blount's** rule.

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## FAQ

**Glean or Copilot?** Glean for multi-source; Copilot for Microsoft 365-heavy.

**Vectara or Cohere?** Vectara for RAG depth; Cohere for enterprise-RAG.

**Connector breadth target?** 50+.

**Time-to-production target?** 30 days.

**Permission-aware mandatory?** Yes.

## Sources

- Glean — Customer Outcomes Reference
- Microsoft — Copilot Studio Reference
- Google — Vertex AI Search Reference
- Vectara — RAG Platform Reference
- Cohere — Enterprise RAG Reference
- IBM — watsonx.ai Reference
- AWS — Q Business Reference
- Force Management — MEDDPICC
- Mark Roberge — Sales Acceleration Formula
- Jeb Blount — Fanatical Prospecting

GenAI Platform Selling to the Enterprise CIO — 60-Min Training

Direct Answer

Section 1 — Why GenAI Platform Selling Is Different (5 min)

Section 2 — The 60-Minute Discovery (15 min)

Section 3 — The POC That Wins (15 min)

Section 4 — Handling the Incumbent (10 min)

Section 5 — Pricing Conversation (10 min)

Section 6 — The Trap-Set for Renewal at Month 12 (5 min)

FAQ

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