u/IncognitoDaddy09

A client i’m working on a report for is really anal about making sure all our stats are “properly” validated and the hoops he wants us to jump through are making this process a ballache. Every stat we’ve come at him with has been met with pushback and we’re spending forever triple checking the source, how it was calculated, conflicting figures, use case match, etc etc etc ad infinitum.

I;d like to speed the validation process up as i’m sure theres a better workflow than what w’ere currently doing. If anyone has a solid QUICKKKK process they can break down for me like a checklist or internal standards you use, i’d love to hear it, especially in situations where clients scrutinise your sources and ask for super detailed justification.

the acceptance call. the one you prep for from the moment you apply. i had a framework. knew what i wanted to say. had practiced the company story and the growth thesis and the why now narrative probably forty times. the partner asked me two questions. the first one was so direct it caught me off guard and i pivoted to something adjacent. the second was about burn rate and i gave a number that was correct but then immediately explained it in a way that made it sound like we were in worse shape than we are. he said we'd get our prep packet before the interview and that was basically that. the actual interview is in two weeks and i cannot stop replaying those ten minutes. the information was right. my delivery made it sound wrong. how do you get the panic out of the way long enough to just say the actual thing.