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25%
25% -- potential sales opportunities lost due to risky perception for growing technology companies (2026)
The Skills Connection estimates that merely looking risky can cost a growing technology company 25% of its potential sales opportunities.
- This is an informal estimate by The Skills Connection, with no stated methodology or empirical dataset.
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25%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
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The Skills Connection
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Tier C
http://www.theskillsconnection.com/hanging-on-the-analyst’s-every-word/ ↗
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Hanging on the analyst’s every word
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The Skills Connection
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Company estimate by The Skills Connection; methodology not stated
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Industrymarketing
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growing technology companies: 25% potential sales opportunities lost due to risky perception. Source: The Skills Connection (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/analyst-perception-potential-sales-loss-25
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