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Saleh Nabil
Why "booking the CIO" usually kills your deal

Aug 18, 2026

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3 min read

Why "booking the CIO" usually kills your deal

Seniority does not equal momentum if you skip the people who hold veto power

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Why your ASEAN GTM strategy is probably already illegal

Aug 4, 2026

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3 min read

Why your ASEAN GTM strategy is probably already illegal

A $2M pipeline won't save your executive team from a RM500k regulatory fine

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Stop measuring APAC trade show success by badge scans

Jul 28, 2026

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3 min read

Stop measuring APAC trade show success by badge scans

Why a tote bag full of business cards is a red flag, and how to actually close deals in Southeast Asia.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Your reps are being played for fools in Australia

Jul 21, 2026

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2 min read

Your reps are being played for fools in Australia

Prospects are actively coordinating online to sabotage your call metrics. Here is the proof.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
"Trust is constantly tested in this region."

Jul 14, 2026

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2 min read

"Trust is constantly tested in this region."

Eric Andrade on why your remote APAC pipeline is bleeding.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Your Indonesian sales pipeline is likely an illusion

Jul 7, 2026

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3 min read

Your Indonesian sales pipeline is likely an illusion

Having the best software doesn't matter. If you walked in without an insider, you've already lost.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Nobody in Indonesia is answering your cold calls.

Jun 30, 2026

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3 min read

Nobody in Indonesia is answering your cold calls.

It doesn't fail because of bad technique. It fails because your entire outbound playbook is wrong.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Your $200 corporate gift basket is failing. Do this instead.

Jun 23, 2026

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3 min read

Your $200 corporate gift basket is failing. Do this instead.

Right now, the most valuable marketing asset you sent to Jakarta is sitting in a receptionist's drawer.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Why Asian buyers are quietly ghosting your sales team

Jun 16, 2026

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2 min read

Why Asian buyers are quietly ghosting your sales team

It has nothing to do with your product, your pricing, or your pitch deck.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Why your reps are not closing like you (and how to fix it)

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

Why your reps are not closing like you (and how to fix it)

Your playbook is missing the part that actually wins...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
The real reason you're about to fire your best APAC sales rep

Jun 3, 2026

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2 min read

The real reason you're about to fire your best APAC sales rep

You told the board Q1. It’s Q2. Here is why nothing is closing yet...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Same SDR. Same deck. Manila: 3 deals. Jakarta: zero.

May 27, 2026

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5 min read

Same SDR. Same deck. Manila: 3 deals. Jakarta: zero.

The 7 pipeline killers CROs didn't know about.. until month 6.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Your Indonesia deal closed. You just weren't the one who closed it.

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

Your Indonesia deal closed. You just weren't the one who closed it.

Someone else was in the right conversation 60 days before you sent your first email.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
There's a WhatsApp group deciding your deal. Your SDR is not in it.

May 13, 2026

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2 min read

There's a WhatsApp group deciding your deal. Your SDR is not in it.

The shortlist for that Indonesian deal was written before your company existed here.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
You don't actually want to win the Malaysian market.

May 6, 2026

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3 min read

You don't actually want to win the Malaysian market.

Your pipeline says you do, but your pricing model says you’re just visiting...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Your $500K Indonesian pipeline is actually worth $0. Here’s why.

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

Your $500K Indonesian pipeline is actually worth $0. Here’s why.

Your VP of Sales thinks the deal is closing next month. It was actually dead on slide two...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
Why a Malaysian "Yes" is the Most Expensive Word in Your CRM

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

Why a Malaysian "Yes" is the Most Expensive Word in Your CRM

You thought you closed the deal. You actually just made a very expensive, very polite friend...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
9 Months in Jakarta. $0 ARR. The "Stanford Champion" Illusion.

Apr 15, 2026

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5 min read

9 Months in Jakarta. $0 ARR. The "Stanford Champion" Illusion.

You thought you found the perfect internal champion. You actually spent 9 months pitching a ghost...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
50 demos. 0 pilots. The Singapore ROI trap.

Apr 8, 2026

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6 min read

50 demos. 0 pilots. The Singapore ROI trap.

You thought you were selling a dream. You're actually defending a PhD thesis...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
5 channel partners. $0 revenue. The Malaysian 'Kabel' trap.

Mar 18, 2026

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6 min read

5 channel partners. $0 revenue. The Malaysian 'Kabel' trap.

You thought you hired a free sales team. What you actually got was...

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil
2,300 calls. 1% close rate. The Indonesia wake-up call.

Mar 11, 2026

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6 min read

2,300 calls. 1% close rate. The Indonesia wake-up call.

You're not closing deals. You're auditioning for the family.

Saleh Nabil
Saleh Nabil

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