B
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80% -- share of stalled deals due to vague next steps for B2B sales deals (2025)
Vague next steps are responsible for 80% of stalled sales deals.
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80%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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myearlybird.ai
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https://myearlybird.ai/blog-posts/how-to-shorten-your-sales-cycle ↗
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B2B sales deals: 80% share of stalled deals due to vague next steps. Source: myearlybird.ai (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/vague-next-steps-80-percent-stalled-deals
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