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A verbal yes is not revenue.

This one caught me properly.

You have calls that go brilliantly. Someone says yes, let's do it, send the paperwork over. You add it to the pipeline. The pipeline looks enormous.

And the bank account stays flat.

I've had quarters where the scoped pipeline was worth many times what actually landed. Deals verbally agreed, proposals out, everyone enthusiastic. One deposit cleared.

The number that matters is the one that cleared.

So put both on your dashboard, side by side. Pipeline value next to deposits received. The gap between them is the most honest number in your business, and it'll tell you things a full calendar never will.

A busy week and a paid week are not the same week.

Anyone else been caught by this? What did your pipeline say versus what actually landed?

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