The last slide
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
I was suppose to attend a sales conference of one of the ISVs starting 8:00 am today.My partner (supposed to pick me) turned up late by 45 minutes. The CEO was going through the last slide of his corporate presentation when we entered the conference hall. I was feeling bitter for missing on the CEO talk as it would have been my first chance to hear a Yale graduate.
The last slide was a trivia (some question related to company's sales records or something like that covered in his presentation). He started collecting the answers verbally from all the attendees. I was sitting last. All the time I was thinking that the time should stand still such that my turn for answer never comes. All of a sudden I found that everyone was staring at me. I realized that it was my turn to answer. I simply said, "I don't know". The CEO replied, "So do most of the people. Give it a try and shoot your wildest guess on a number ranging from 50-150". I uttered 100 instantly.
100 was the exact figure the CEO was looking for. I won the trivia and a $75 American Express gift card.
I was suppose to attend a sales conference of one of the ISVs starting 8:00 am today.My partner (supposed to pick me) turned up late by 45 minutes. The CEO was going through the last slide of his corporate presentation when we entered the conference hall. I was feeling bitter for missing on the CEO talk as it would have been my first chance to hear a Yale graduate.
The last slide was a trivia (some question related to company's sales records or something like that covered in his presentation). He started collecting the answers verbally from all the attendees. I was sitting last. All the time I was thinking that the time should stand still such that my turn for answer never comes. All of a sudden I found that everyone was staring at me. I realized that it was my turn to answer. I simply said, "I don't know". The CEO replied, "So do most of the people. Give it a try and shoot your wildest guess on a number ranging from 50-150". I uttered 100 instantly.
100 was the exact figure the CEO was looking for. I won the trivia and a $75 American Express gift card.
posted by Prady @ 5:34 AM
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