One-Third of Your Lost Deals Aren't Dead — AI Win-Loss Recovery in One Day

Your customers will tell you why deals die — if you stop sending boring surveys and start using AI. Featuring Lihong Hicken, Co-Founder and CRO at Theysaid. Lihong built Theysaid three weeks after her daughter was born. Now her AI feedback platform ranks number one on Google for "AI survey" and is replacing tools like SurveyMonkey and Qualtrics for B2B SaaS teams. She and Jean-Michel break down how AI-powered interviews recover lost deals, why one-third of "dead" deals aren't actually dead, and how companies with 15+ sales reps can run win-loss analysis at one-tenth the cost of traditional consultants. 🔍 Why static surveys get ignored and AI interviews don't 💸 Recover lost deals at 1/10th the cost of manual win-loss ⚡ Shorten six-week consulting projects to one day with AI 🎯 One-third of lost deals can be won back with the right data 🛠️ Free AI surveys as a GTM wedge into paid enterprise products ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 What Theysaid does and the problem it solves 01:00 AI feedback vs. traditional surveys and interviews 03:00 Why buyers ghost your surveys and what to do instead 04:45 No scheduling, no gift cards — feedback in five minutes 05:45 How Theysaid iterated from 1.0 to 3.0 08:00 Product Hunt wins and community-driven growth 08:45 Ranking number one on Google for AI survey 10:00 AI deal recovery: win-loss interviews without consultants 14:00 Managing three products as an early-stage founder 15:30 Enterprise vs. mid-market lead gen challenges 17:00 Why podcast-based outreach works for market creation 🔥 Want a scalable way to build B2B SaaS pipeline without burning budget on cold outreach? 👉 https://www.rapidproductgrowth.com 🔗 Website: https://www.rapidproductgrowth.com 🔗 Jean-Michel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmichelthink/ 🔗 Theysaid: https://www.theysaid.io #SaaS #B2BSales #AITools #WinLossAnalysis #RapidProductGrowth