
Startup Sales Playbook
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A playbook only works if reps can look up the rules in seconds and managers can coach against them. This template writes down how the team sells: the ideal customer and disqualifiers, the four personas, stage exit criteria, messaging by channel, answers to the objections reps hear most, CRM rules and the metrics that measure all of it.
The sample follows Rookwood Trading, a fictional wholesale supplier of catering products. It shows a 50% qualified-to-proposal rate, a 32% win rate, a 78-day cycle and a five-objection heat map. Replace the customer profile with your closed-won data, match the stages to your CRM and add an owner, version and review date.
Click Make a copy in Google Docs, then confirm on the Google page. The copy is saved to your own Google Drive.
Define your ideal customer with firmographics, triggers and three disqualifiers taken from your closed-won data.
Match the stage names and exit criteria to the opportunity stages in your CRM, then replace the messaging with your own.
Record the five objections your team hears most, each with an owner and an approved answer.
Delete the guide page, then share the playbook with the team.
No. Rookwood Trading, its people and every figure in the playbook are fictional sample data. Replace them with your own before sharing.
Use as many as your CRM tracks, but give each an exit criterion a manager can test. The sample uses four stages so the rules fit on one page.
Name an owner, add a version number and set a review date. The sample is reviewed quarterly by the sales leadership team and uses closed-won data.

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