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Help me understand why you think our software is a fit for your organization?

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Help me understand why you think our software is a fit for your organization?

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What is important to you?

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What is important to you?

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What would you like to accomplish with the time that we have today?

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What would you like to accomplish with the time that we have today?

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What does success look like to you?

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What does success look like to you?

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What is the goal of this evaluation?

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What is the goal of this evaluation?

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Describe for me what these reports look like that you need to create?

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Describe for me what these reports look like that you need to create?

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Who is the audience you would be sharing these reports with?

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Who is the audience you would be sharing these reports with?

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Why?

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Why?

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Tell me more?

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Tell me more?

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How are people going to consume the reports (email, pdf, etc.)?

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How are people going to consume the reports (email, pdf, etc.)?

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Why?

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Why?

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Will people be interacting with these reports or exporting them to some format?

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Will people be interacting with these reports or exporting them to some format?

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What do you need to see in Tableau to be able to say this is a success?

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What do you need to see in Tableau to be able to say this is a success?

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What would a successful rollout of Tableau look like?

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What would a successful rollout of Tableau look like?

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What have you heard about Tableau?

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What have you heard about Tableau?

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How did you come across Tableau?

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How did you come across Tableau?

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What do you think of Tableau?

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What do you think of Tableau?

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How are you going to get buy-in from these different departments?

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How are you going to get buy-in from these different departments?

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What is the right way to get started with this evaluation?

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What is the right way to get started with this evaluation?

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What’s next?

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What’s next?

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Why?

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Why?

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What is the first step to begin evaluating Tableau?

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What is the first step to begin evaluating Tableau?

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23
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Where is the data today?

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Where is the data today?

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How are you analyzing the data today?

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How are you analyzing the data today?

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Have you tried connecting to data in Tableau?

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Have you tried connecting to data in Tableau?

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Is the data ready for analysis?

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Is the data ready for analysis?

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Can you see yourself using this product?

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Can you see yourself using this product?

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How do you analyze geographic data now?

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How do you analyze geographic data now?

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How do you analyze trends in the business now?

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How do you analyze trends in the business now?

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What would it mean if you could do that today?

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What would it mean if you could do that today?

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Does this resonate?

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Does this resonate?

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32
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Is this relevant?

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Is this relevant?

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33
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Based on my understanding of your needs, this would be a benefit. What are your thoughts?

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Based on my understanding of your needs, this would be a benefit. What are your thoughts?

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What are your thoughts?

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What are your thoughts?

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35
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Why?

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Why?

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36
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Tell me more?

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Tell me more?

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37
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Why is that important to you?

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Why is that important to you?

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38
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Can you explain to me why that is?

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Can you explain to me why that is?

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39
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I’m confused, I still don’t understand why this is important?

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I’m confused, I still don’t understand why this is important?

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40
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Coach me… help me… understand why you think this is a fit?

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Coach me… help me… understand why you think this is a fit?

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41
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Having heard that you can do analysis 10-100x faster in Tableau, does that sound like that would be of value to your business?

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Having heard that you can do analysis 10-100x faster in Tableau, does that sound like that would be of value to your business?

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42
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What are you ding today?

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What are you ding today?

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43
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How?

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How?

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44
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Ok, keep going?

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Ok, keep going?

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45
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If I could save you time, how is that valuable to the business?

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If I could save you time, how is that valuable to the business?

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46
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What’s the specific value?

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What’s the specific value?

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47
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Have you quantified the value?

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Have you quantified the value?

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48
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We’ve talked about revenue, tell me about the cost side?

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We’ve talked about revenue, tell me about the cost side?

49
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What’s the value today?

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What’s the value today?

50
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What’s the value in 6 months?

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What’s the value in 6 months?

51
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What’s the value in 12 months?

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What’s the value in 12 months?

52
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What else?

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What else?

53
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What are your alternatives?

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What are your alternatives?

54
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If not Tableau, then what?

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If not Tableau, then what?

55
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What if you did nothing?

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What if you did nothing?

56
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How so?

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How so?

57
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Walk me through that?

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Walk me through that?

58
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Where does it fit?

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Where does it fit?

59
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What have you tried that has failed?

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What have you tried that has failed?

60
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What’s different now?

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What’s different now?

61
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What I just did is 2nd nature to me, but it’s revolutionary to our customers, do you see that?

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What I just did is 2nd nature to me, but it’s revolutionary to our customers, do you see that?

62
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Does this feel like a dramatic change from the way you are doing things today?

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Does this feel like a dramatic change from the way you are doing things today?

63
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Great, what will this new way of doing things mean to you?

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Great, what will this new way of doing things mean to you?

64
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Tell us how are you are doing things today if this isn’t revolutionary?

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Tell us how are you are doing things today if this isn’t revolutionary?

65
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Tell me how this is going to help your business?

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Tell me how this is going to help your business?

66
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Tell me what you are trying to get out of this?

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Tell me what you are trying to get out of this?

67
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If Tableau is your perfect solution, what does this mean to you?

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If Tableau is your perfect solution, what does this mean to you?

68
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What else?

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What else?

69
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Who else is this valuable to?

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Who else is this valuable to?

70
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What do you want to see that you haven’t yet seen?

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What do you want to see that you haven’t yet seen?

71
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What did you expect to see that you didn’t see?

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What did you expect to see that you didn’t see?

72
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What is your ‘it would be nice if Tableau oculd?”

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What is your ‘it would be nice if Tableau oculd?”

73
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Who has to bless this that Tableau is the solution for the organization?

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Who has to bless this that Tableau is the solution for the organization?

74
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Can we build a business plan to work towards that?

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Can we build a business plan to work towards that?

75
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What else has to happen for you guys to roll out Tableau?

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What else has to happen for you guys to roll out Tableau?

76
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What do they need to see?

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What do they need to see?

77
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On the basis of what you have seen so far, does Tableau seem like a fit for the business?

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On the basis of what you have seen so far, does Tableau seem like a fit for the business?

78
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Tell me how?

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Tell me how?

79
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Why not?

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Why not?

80
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What did you have in mind?

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What did you have in mind?

81
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How do you suggest we prove this to your colleagues in other lines of business, coach me?

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How do you suggest we prove this to your colleagues in other lines of business, coach me?

82
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I’m just going to stop here, on the basis of what you have seen… is this the kind of change your organization is up for?

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I’m just going to stop here, on the basis of what you have seen… is this the kind of change your organization is up for?

83
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Am I hearing resistance or are you just getting your heads around it?

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Am I hearing resistance or are you just getting your heads around it?

84
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Tell me what you are thinking?

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Tell me what you are thinking?

85
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I know you all have a bunch of things to do, tell me what you are thinking?

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I know you all have a bunch of things to do, tell me what you are thinking?

86
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I keep hearing “reporting” - that’s not us. I’m worried we are not a fit here. Can you tell me how you think we are a fit?

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I keep hearing “reporting” - that’s not us. I’m worried we are not a fit here. Can you tell me how you think we are a fit?

87
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Guys you are asking great questions, you are asking favorable Tableau questions. Someone here is going to ask difficult questions, who is that person? Where are they?

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Guys you are asking great questions, you are asking favorable Tableau questions. Someone here is going to ask difficult questions, who is that person? Where are they?

88
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Who is the skeptic here?

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Who is the skeptic here?

89
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Tell me about your Tableau experience?

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Tell me about your Tableau experience?

90
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What has your experience been with Tableau?

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What has your experience been with Tableau?

91
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Where have you seen the biggest benefit with Tableau?

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Where have you seen the biggest benefit with Tableau?

92
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I have had a number of these meetings, they are really about adoption. What I really want is to sketch out where do we go from here? Can we do that?

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I have had a number of these meetings, they are really about adoption. What I really want is to sketch out where do we go from here? Can we do that?

93
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Tell me about today? What’s happening?

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Tell me about today? What’s happening?

94
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Who are the other lines of business that have talked to you about Tableau?

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Who are the other lines of business that have talked to you about Tableau?

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How can we get to the other lines of business?

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How can we get to the other lines of business?

96
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What’s the plan?

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What’s the plan?

97
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What are the roadblocks?

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What are the roadblocks?

98
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Why won’t this work?

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Why won’t this work?

99
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We are seeing enterprise wide adoption at Fortune 100 companies and we are seeing 100 person companies expand Tableau across the entire business. Is that possible here?

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We are seeing enterprise wide adoption at Fortune 100 companies and we are seeing 100 person companies expand Tableau across the entire business. Is that possible here?

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What’s the plan?

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What’s the plan?

101
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What does that mean?

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What does that mean?

102
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How are you going to get there?

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How are you going to get there?

103
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What’s your path for getting there?

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What’s your path for getting there?

104
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What’s your timeline?

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What’s your timeline?

105
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Who’s going to block this?

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Who’s going to block this?

106
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What are your users doing for training?

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What are your users doing for training?

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What are they doing for getting ramped up?

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What are they doing for getting ramped up?

108
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Are your users getting it?

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Are your users getting it?

109
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What’s the success criteria you are tracking to?

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What’s the success criteria you are tracking to?

110
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If you walk into your boss’ office and say we need to buy $100K more of Tableau, your boss is going to say “why?” What do you tell him?

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If you walk into your boss’ office and say we need to buy $100K more of Tableau, your boss is going to say “why?” What do you tell him?

111
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What would you like to see improved?

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What would you like to see improved?

112
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What would you like to learn about?

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What would you like to learn about?

113
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What do you need to learn still?

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What do you need to learn still?

114
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When would you like to have this rolled out by?

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When would you like to have this rolled out by?

115
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Any chance of doing it before next year?

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Any chance of doing it before next year?

116
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How did this happen?

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How did this happen?

117
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What did they say?

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What did they say?

118
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What is it you’re going to do?

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What is it you’re going to do?