Pill popping for proposal people?

Sometimes, just sometimes, in the midst of all the spam comes a note that seems scarily relevant.

Kay Butcher wrote to me today, advertising a brand of dietary pills. Her opening line?

How many times did you get unhappy after noticing you keep ordering pizza after pizza?

Having coined the phrase “late nights, cold pizza” a few years ago to characterise the last-minute, under-resourced nature of so many proposal teams,* I’m pleased to hear that the solution is but a pill away. So much easier than finding the right senior sponsor, and building the case to have proposals taken more seriously….

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* Working with a team in Bangalore a few years back, BJ and I were amazed to find that this really is a universal diagnosis, as the Domino’s scooter pulled up at reception with our nourishment!

This article was written by Jon on 30 November, 2006 and filed under Musings. If you found it useful, you can with others. To receive automatic updates, subscribe to The Proposal Guys via RSS or Email.

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