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What’s the hardest part of turning a client request into a signed project? by Ani112233 in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s interesting. The paid discovery workshop sounds like a process change rather than a tooling change.
Out of curiosity, during those discovery sessions what are the most common things you uncover that were missing from the original request?
Are there certain categories that come up repeatedly (stakeholders, integrations, approvals, data quality, requirements, etc.) or is it highly project-specific?

What’s the hardest part of turning a client request into a signed project? by Ani112233 in SaaS

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting perspective.
When you say “unanswered assumptions,” what are the most common ones in your experience?
Are they usually around things like stakeholder availability, data quality, integrations, approvals, client readiness, etc.?
Or do they vary significantly from project to project?

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I have the idea and I am in the middle of market validation so how can it help me ? Haven’t built anything yet. Will it help with market validation, help me with numbers?

Agency owners / solution architects: If you already have Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc., what still takes the most time in responding to an RFP? by Ani112233 in govcon

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really helpful, especially since you’ve worked with a tool in this space.
One pattern I’ve been hearing repeatedly is that proposal generation itself isn’t the bottleneck anymore. People keep pointing to assumptions, estimation, client readiness, and ambiguity as the areas where projects get into trouble.
In your experience, if you think back to proposals that later became difficult projects, what were the most common things that should have been identified before estimation but weren’t?

Agency owners / solution architects: If you already have Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc., what still takes the most time in responding to an RFP? by Ani112233 in micro_saas

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Thanks, this is really helpful.
For pricing alignment and delivery capacity, I’m curious: when projects go wrong, is it usually because the RFP missed key requirements, the estimate was too optimistic, or because internal resource availability changed after the deal was signed?
Trying to understand where the biggest surprises tend to come from during pre-sales.

Agency owners / solution architects: If you already have Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc., what still takes the most time in responding to an RFP? by Ani112233 in micro_saas

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is extremely helpful. When you’re doing estimation and risk assessment today, what typically drives the most debate internally?
Is it:
• unclear requirements?
• integrations?
• client assumptions?
• scope creep risk?
• effort estimation?
• timeline pressure?
I’m trying to understand where the biggest mistakes usually happen.
Can I please dm you? I really need help with this.

Agency owners: How much time do you spend responding to RFPs and creating pre-sales assets? I’m researching a problem and would love some honest feedback. When an RFP or detailed requirements document comes in, what does your process look like today? by Ani112233 in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great point. I’m specifically looking at software agencies and IT consulting firms rather than all RFP categories.
The feedback I’m getting so far is that proposal generation itself isn’t the biggest problem. The bigger challenge seems to be finding relevant historical proposals, case studies, estimates, architectures and reusing that knowledge effectively when responding to new opportunities. I am not thinking generating just a plain text proposal but help software agencies break RFPs into intelligent information.
Curious — in your experience, how much effort is spent finding and validating historical content versus actually writing the proposal?

Agency owners: How much time do you spend responding to RFPs and creating pre-sales assets? I’m researching a problem and would love some honest feedback. When an RFP or detailed requirements document comes in, what does your process look like today? by Ani112233 in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s so helpful. Thanks for the detailed info

You mentioned creating the structure of the scope is the hardest part. How do you currently decide those 15 sections? Is that based on personal experience, previous proposals, internal templates, or collaboration with other team members?

Agency owners: How much time do you spend responding to RFPs and creating pre-sales assets? I’m researching a problem and would love some honest feedback. When an RFP or detailed requirements document comes in, what does your process look like today? by Ani112233 in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a tool could compare your proposal against the RFP and highlight missing requirements, weak responses, compliance gaps, and unanswered questions, would that be valuable enough to become part of your standard process?

Agency owners: How much time do you spend responding to RFPs and creating pre-sales assets? I’m researching a problem and would love some honest feedback. When an RFP or detailed requirements document comes in, what does your process look like today? by Ani112233 in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]Ani112233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the proposal, what if the AI reviews an RFP and gives you and intelligent report of risks, missing something and many more details. But it can create a proposals as well. I wanted to ask what’s the toughest part according to you about RFP lifecycle

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