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44 changes: 34 additions & 10 deletions business-development/bd-overview.md
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Business Development is critical to 2i2c and is responsible for:

The Business Development team is guided by the following three-pronged strategy:

1. **Maintain base.** Make current users happy. Strive for zero churn. Resolve support issues. Empower champions to describe the value 2i2c enables. Make renewals easy.
1. **Maintain base.** Make current users happy. Strive for zero churn. Resolve support issues. Empower champions to describe the value 2i2c enables. Make renewals easy.
2. **Growth.** System to get more leads (marketing). System to convert leads to customers (new sales). System to get more revenue through renewals (renewal sales).
3. **Capture revenue.** Collect membership fees, usage fees, fees for add-on services. Recover cloud costs. Strive for zero losses.

Expand All @@ -30,21 +30,45 @@ The Business Development team is guided by the following three-pronged strategy:

1. Iteratively improve 2i2c's business model
2. Know science and philanthropy well enough to sell and seek grants
2. Strategic enough to prioritize and focus on highest value sales
3. Uses & improves systems to triage & manage work
4. Builds "executive" client relationships with org leaders, program directors
5. Maintain relationships, escalation point if those people aren't happy
6. Comfort with selling / asking for money
7. Capability to report on value delivery to purchasers
3. Strategic enough to prioritize and focus on highest value sales
4. Uses & improves systems to triage & manage work
5. Builds "executive" client relationships with org leaders, program directors
6. Maintain relationships, escalation point if those people aren't happy
7. Comfort with selling / asking for money
8. Capability to report on value delivery to purchasers

(slack:business-development)=

### The Business Development Slack channel

- The [`#business-development` Slack channel](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/G015W2KSBCP) is for discussions around the business and membership lifecycle.
- The [`#business-development-airtable-updates`](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/C08AZTGAUBX) is for tracking ongoing conversations around automated updates from AirTable.
- The [`#business-development-hubspot-updates`](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/C08PQQHH3U5) is for tracking ongoing conversations around automated updates from HubSpot.
- The [`#business-development` Slack channel](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/G015W2KSBCP) is for discussions around the business and membership lifecycle.
- The [`#business-development-airtable-updates`](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/C08AZTGAUBX) is for tracking ongoing conversations around automated updates from AirTable.
- The [`#business-development-hubspot-updates`](https://2i2c.slack.com/archives/C08PQQHH3U5) is for tracking ongoing conversations around automated updates from HubSpot.

## Key Roles

- [Business Development Lead](roles/bd-lead.md)
- [Sales Account Executive](roles/sales-account-executive.md)

## Sources of Truth (where we store information)

Business development stores information across different software platforms.

### Project management

The [BD Team Board](https://github.com/orgs/2i2c-org/projects/61/views/1?filterQuery=) Github project board is used to track tasks and activities that pertain to:

- Operationalizing BD's strategy
- Creating content supporting content (e.g. sales or marketing assets)
- Improving the effectiveness of the team's processes.

Additionally, BD related initiatives will be found on this board. Occasionally, some tasks are replicated on [Delivery Enablement/Operations](https://github.com/orgs/2i2c-org/projects/50/views/14) board because a member of that team is tasked with operationalizing the work.

### Deal and CRM information

We currently use Hubspot for managing our Sales/Deals pipeline. We previously used a custom built Airtable solution and are pivoting to Hubspot. All new Deals and sales opportunities should be stored in Hubspot with links back out to Airtable.

### Engagement project management

We use Airtable to manage Engagements. The primary interface is the [Engagement interface](https://airtable.com/appbjBTRIbgRiElkr/pagpZcdEaghJQiYH3).
The [Engagement management](engagement.md) section goes into greater details about this delivery stage.
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