What can tank the agreement process during a contract negotiation?
Poor Customer Experience21%
Delays in Starting Projects55%
Delays in Recognizing Revenue16%
Manual Processing of Documentation6%
Other
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Poor Customer Experience21%
Delays in Starting Projects55%
Delays in Recognizing Revenue16%
Manual Processing of Documentation6%
Other
Marc Benioff, Bret Taylor (Salesforce co-CEO)27%
Jennifer Hudson, Anjali Sud (Vimeo CEO)32%
Matthew McConaughey33%
Magic Johnson19%
Bono19%
Jane Goodall13%
Lawrence H. Summers (Former Director, White House National Economic Council)8%
Stewart Butterfield (Slack CEO)14%
Al Gore9%
Patrick Collison (Stripe CEO)6%
Allyson Felix1%
Someone else (comment below)2%
Yes51%
Yes, but we’re moving away from container-based architectures.36%
No11%
Other (please specify)1%
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Payment terms. We went from 90 to 110, 120, and now 180 to those who hold little power over us. We’ve had vendors walk away when they found out they wouldn’t be paid at those durations