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Why is our sales cycle too long?

Cycle length is stall points, not average days. Averages hide the stage that actually stopped.

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The short answer

A long cycle is usually one stage where deals sit, a buyer who needs a case you have not made, or a mix of deals you should not be in. Shortening everything by 'more activity' makes the stall more expensive. Map stage duration and loss reasons; fix the stall, not the average.

How to tell this is actually your problem

The move that usually makes it worse: Adding top-of-funnel to a cycle whose stall is in the middle.

When Percision is the wrong tool

Percision is the wrong tool if you already know the answer and only need execution capacity, or if the business is pre-revenue — then the constraint is evidence about the market, not analysis of your own figures.

If it is your problem and you want the analysis on your numbers, the live page is https://percision.app/our-sales-cycle-is-too-long. The engine routes this question to Growth Strategy. Metrics that decide it: stage duration · stall points.

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Questions people ask

When is Percision the wrong tool?

Percision is the wrong tool if you already know the answer and only need execution capacity, or if the business is pre-revenue — then the constraint is evidence about the market, not analysis of your own figures.

Is a long cycle always bad?

No. Enterprise cycles are long. An unexplained stall inside your normal cycle is the problem.

Should we discount to speed deals?

That is how a cycle problem becomes a margin problem. See we-keep-discounting-to-win-deals.

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