Close High-Value Deals: The Technical Founder's Guide to Diagnostic Selling That Converts Prospects

By Matteo Viremont

You didn't become a technical founder to "sell harder."

You became one to build great products.

And yet here you are-on sales calls, explaining features, chasing deals that stall, and wondering why smart prospects still say, "Sounds interesting... we'll get back to you."

This book is here to fix that.

Close High-Value Deals is a practical, no-fluff guide to diagnostic selling-a sales approach designed specifically for technical founders, engineers, and product-first leaders who hate pushy tactics and cringe at traditional sales advice.

Instead of teaching you how to persuade, pressure, or perform, I'll show you how to: Diagnose real business problems (not surface-level pain)Ask smarter questions that make prospects think differentlyBuild trust without trying to "build rapport"Disqualify bad deals early and focus on high-value onesPosition your product as the obvious solution-without pitching
This isn't theory. It's a repeatable system you can actually use.

Inside, you'll learn why feature-driven selling fails in B2B, how buyers really make decisions, and how to run discovery calls that don't feel like interrogations or demos in disguise. You'll learn how to uncover root causes, co-create a business case with your prospect, and handle objections by improving your diagnosis-not arguing your way through them.

We'll also cover the hard stuff technical founders face: Navigating multi-stakeholder dealsPricing with confidenceClosing without pressureScaling sales beyond yourself without turning your team into script-reading robots
Whether you're selling SaaS, deep tech, AI, or enterprise software, this book helps you move from "explaining your product" to advising your buyer.

The result?Fewer wasted calls.Shorter sales cycles.Bigger, cleaner, more confident deals.
If you want to close high-value B2B deals while staying honest, analytical, and human-this book was written for you.Stop pitching.Start diagnosing.
And let the right prospects convince themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H3F1RWCZ
• ISBN13: 9798199167710
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"