Sales Hacks For Startup Hustlers

http://blog.close.io/demo-fail I was demoing a product to a person I’ve been following for a long time already. Not just some random prospect - someone very accomplished whom I’ve looked up to for a long time already. Let’s just call him Mr. Mysterious. Just as I was getting into the groove of the demo, a red bar appeared on the screen with an error message. What to do? How can you proceed when you’re giving a product demo, and you’re really eager to close that deal, and then your product fails in front of the prospect?