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Discovery call questions matter, but most reps get the sequence wrong. The meeting is actually won or lost in the first few minutes, before a single discovery question gets asked.
In this episode, Luigi and Regan launch a new mini-series breaking down the exact process from initial meeting to signed contract. This episode covers the first meeting structure that determines whether a deal progresses or dies before it even gets going.
What you'll learn:
→ Why 80-90% of prospects research you before the call, and what that means for your personal brand
→ The give before you extract principle and why it triggers the law of reciprocity
→ Why leading with this is what I do kills momentum in the first meeting
→ The stage zero research that changes the entire dynamic of a call
→ How to structure a first meeting: research, intro, discovery or insight, social proof, next steps
→ Why qualifying someone out in the first meeting is a win, not a loss
→ How to avoid the interrogation feeling that kills trust in discovery calls
→ The exact next-step framework that keeps deals moving instead of going cold
This is a practical, tactical episode built on real call examples, not theory. Stick around to the end for access to the CoachPilot community with live coaching and templates that build directly on this episode.
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💬 About Revenue Leaders
A podcast for founders, sales managers, revenue operators, and GTM leaders who want predictable pipeline, higher win rates, and structured revenue growth.
AI for sales is everywhere right now, but most of it is noise. This episode is about what actually works: AI sales coaching that lives inside a rep's daily workflow instead of sitting unused in a Google Drive.
After 18 months of building, Dave, Luigi and Regan officially launch CoachPilot on this episode of Revenue Leaders. It's the AI coaching layer that sits on top of your CRM and coaches every rep on every deal, live.
The three of them have spent decades in sales, built hundreds of playbooks, and onboarded over 200 SDRs for companies like Stripe. They kept hitting the same wall: even the best playbook fails because it never lives in the rep's daily workflow. CoachPilot is their answer.
What you'll learn:
→ Why the number one problem in every sales org is adherence to the sales process, not talent
→ The playbook problem: why even great playbooks end up sitting unused
→ What a day in the life with CoachPilot looks like: morning briefings, live call coaching, post-call CRM updates
→ The live coaching sidebar that prompts you on objections, pacing, and talk ratio mid-call
→ Why they built their own call recorder instead of integrating with existing tools
→ The four IP layers: forecast score, coaching score, deal score, and methodology score
→ Gartner's 2.8x revenue stat: why action-based AI paired with humans beats AI alone
→ Why AI can't replace sellers in complex, multi-stakeholder deals
→ The 50% unapproved AI usage problem inside sales teams and why governance matters
→ Who CoachPilot is NOT for: the honest ICP conversation most founders avoid
Whether you're a founder, sales leader, or rep, this is a rare inside look at why three sales veterans killed their own consulting business model to build a product.
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A podcast for founders, sales managers, revenue operators, and GTM leaders who want predictable pipeline, higher win rates, and structured revenue growth. New episodes every Thursday.
Most outbound motions are built the same way: build a big list, blast everyone, hope something converts. It doesn't work anymore — and Regan and Luigibreak down exactly why.
In this episode, they unpack the modern outbound motion they're building at CoachPilot — how they monitor 2,200 companies in real time, narrow their active prospect list down to 292 trigger-based targets, and why a cold call with no meeting booked is never actually a failed attempt.
This is one of the most tactical episodes Revenue Leaders has recorded — no frameworks, no theory, just the exact system they're running right now.
What you'll learn:
→ Why blasting your full ICP list is the fastest way to destroy your conversion rate
→ How to use firmographic and technographic filters to find your top 50 in-market prospects
→ The trigger-based prospecting system that monitors 2,200 companies and surfaces 292 active targets
→ Why a failed cold call is still a win — and how to extract value from every touch
→ The relationship funnel that runs parallel to your outbound motion and closes deals before the first call
→ The human-nonhuman touch framework that builds trust invisibly over months
→ Why AI-generated outreach is getting easier to spot — and the one tell that kills credibility instantly
→ The manual step you should never automate no matter how good your tools get
→ Why outbound will always be the dominant lead channel even in a world of inbound and events
→ How to build a trigger waterfall specific to your industry and ICP
If you're an AE, BDR, or sales leader and your outbound isn't converting — this is the episode that changes how you prospect.
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A podcast for founders, sales managers, revenue operators, and GTM leaders who want predictable pipeline, higher win rates, and structured revenue growth.
According to Salesforce, 60% of a sales rep's time is not spent selling. If you've got someone on $200K, a significant portion of that salary is going to admin — not revenue.
In this episode, Dave and Regan dig into the most offensive stat in sales right now, where that time is actually going, and the exact steps sales leaders can take to get admin time down to 5% — without buying another tool.
What you'll learn:
→ Where the 60% of lost selling time actually goes — the breakdown will surprise you
→ Why 5% admin time is the real goal and what a rep's week looks like when you get there
→ How to treat your revenue operations like an F1 car — always looking for 1% improvements
→ The difference between what a high performer does vs a low performer and what it tells you about admin
→ Why reps default to data entry when they don't know their next step
→ The internal bureaucracy silently killing your team's selling time
→ How AI cold outreach and personalized list-building is changing what's possible for sales teams
→ The one thing you can do right now without buying another tool
→ Why sales enablement starts with removing noise — not adding more tools
If you manage a sales team and you're pushing activity metrics instead of fixing the system — this episode is for you.
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How do you sell software to an industry where Google Maps and Sales Navigator don't even work?
Freddy Galindo built Sprint Suite, a SaaS platform for mining contractors, after watching his family's mining services business get buried in spreadsheets and manila folders. Today he breaks down how to scale a SaaS business in a vertical that doesn't operate like tech at all — including why his team drives around taking photos of companies just to find them.
What you'll learn:
→ Why Freddy's team prospects by driving around taking photos of companies (no websites, no digital footprint)
→ The discovery process that works when your buyer has never used SaaS before
→ Why flying SDRs to mine sites changed their entire sales motion
→ How AI made development a commodity — and where Freddy is reinvesting instead
→ Why "stop managing the process, start managing the business" is the real value proposition
→ The hard lesson about saying yes to every opportunity in the early days
→ Why being coachable is the one trait Freddy looks for above all else
→ What expanding into the Canadian market taught him about adapting a sales motion
If you sell into an industry that doesn't operate like tech — this conversation will change how you think about your go-to-market.
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You've been posting. Building followers. Showing up consistently. Then LinkedIn changes the algorithm — and overnight, your reach drops to nothing.
In this episode, Dave and Regan expose the uncomfortable truth about building your brand on a platform you don't own — and the real strategy that's still generating booked calls, inbound leads, and pipeline in 2026.
What you'll learn:→ Why LinkedIn stripped Dave of his Blue Tick (and what it reveals about the platform)→ The algorithm change killing reach for people with 10K, 25K, even 100K+ followers→ Why building on someone else's platform is the biggest hidden risk in sales→ The "manual connection ritual" generating real inbound without paid ads→ How to train AI to write content that sounds like YOU — not generic slop→ Why your best prospects never like your posts but are still watching and buying→ The one message 99% of reps never send after connecting on LinkedIn→ The Alex Hormozi consistency lesson every salesperson needs to hear→ Why quitting after 2 weeks is the #1 reason LinkedIn never works for you
If you've ever wondered whether LinkedIn is actually worth it — this episode gives you the honest answer.
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💬 About Revenue LeadersA podcast for founders, sales managers, revenue operators, and GTM leaders who want predictable pipeline, higher win rates, and structured revenue growth.
"Let me think about it." Every salesperson has heard it. Most accept it. Almost none of them know what it actually means.
In this episode, Dave and Regan break down the most feared phrase in sales — why it almost always signals something you did wrong earlier in the conversation, and the one vulnerable move that turns a dead deal back into a live one.
What you'll learn:
→ What buyers actually mean when they say "let me think about it" in 3 different scenarios
→ Why this phrase almost always means you asked the wrong questions upfront
→ The deal size caveat — when it's actually okay to hear it
→ Gong data: this phrase extends your deal cycle by 173%
→ The calendar trick that forces a decision without pressuring the buyer
→ The one phone call 99% of reps never make — and why it closes more deals than any script
→ Why vulnerability and authenticity beat every objection handling technique
→ The "marbles in a jar" trust framework that turns stalled deals into closed ones
→ What never to do after you hear it (most reps do this immediately)
If you've ever ended a call feeling like you blew it — this episode changes how you handle every deal from here.
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80% of deals require at least 5 follow ups. 44% of salespeople quit after the first attempt.
That gap is where your pipeline is bleeding — and most reps don't even know it's happening.
In this episode, Dave and Regan break down the follow up epidemic, why sequences die after touch two, and the exact multi-channel framework that closes deals other reps have already abandoned.
What you'll learn:
→ Why following up once already puts you ahead of 44% of your competitors
→ The 18-touch multi-channel sequence that gets responses (email + LinkedIn + call + SMS)
→ Why the "7-minute deal" in your CRM is actually a 12-month relationship in disguise
→ How to build a follow up cadence that doesn't feel like a template to the buyer
→ The two parallel tracks top sellers run — outreach cadence AND relationship building
→ How to follow up on a live deal without creating scarcity or desperation
→ The jab jab hook follow up ratio that mirrors how social media serves content
→ How to write a breakup email that actually keeps the door open
→ Why a weak pipeline is the real reason reps push deals too hard too fast
If you're an AE or BDR and your follow ups are going silent after touch two or three — this conversation is for you.
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Ever been on the receiving end of a terrible sales pitch?
Dave and Regan have — and in this episode, they're calling all of it out.
As buyers who get sold to constantly, they rate the sales tactics that give them the ick, break down exactly why each one doesn't work, and give the remedy for every single one.
The icks they cover:
→ "Just following up" — the laziest email in sales and what to send instead
→ The pitch slap — accepting a LinkedIn connection and getting sold to 3 seconds later
→ Automated email cadences with zero personalization — and why they're killing your domain reputation
→ Outreach without insight — product flogging with no relevance, no value, no reason to reply
→ Jumping straight to demo without understanding who you're selling to
→ End of quarter pressure tactics — "sign by Monday for a discount" and why it backfires every time
→ The post-sale drop-off — why the best sellers never stop selling after the close
Plus the outreach that actually worked on them — and won the job.
Whether you're a founder, sales leader, or account executive — if any of these tactics sound familiar, this episode is your wake-up call.
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Most salespeople are still asking "why" questions. Buyers are getting defensive before the conversation even starts — and deals are dying because of it.
In this episode, Dave and Regan break down the exact discovery call framework that top B2B closers use to open buyers up, extend conversations naturally, and close without ever feeling like an interrogation.
What you'll learn:
→ Why "why" questions put buyers on the defensive instantly (and what to replace them with)
→ How AI has changed what buyers already know before your first call — and how to meet them there
→ The past, present, and future question framework that predicts exactly how a buyer will make decisions
→ Why 5 questions beats a 20-question checklist every single time
→ How drill-down questions double the information you get from one answer
→ The one question to open every discovery call with (the Louis special)
→ The one question to close every discovery call with — turns 30-minute meetings into 60
→ Why curiosity beats clinical qualification in every sales conversation
If your discovery calls feel like interrogations, your proposals are stalling, or buyers go quiet after the first meeting — this episode will change how you sell.
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