Category Archives: FinTech
Why Your Technology RFP Process is Lousy (And 6 Rules for Success)
Having run technology RFPs from both a vendor and customer standpoint, I’m disturbed by the trend I’m seeing. RFP processes are becoming longer and longer. The depth and complexity seem to have little to do with the actual scope of work the customer is seeking bids on.
Without exaggeration, I recently received an RFP that had 171 long-response-format questions that, in the end, supported a deal that only had a three-year value of about $100,000. Compare that to a 111 question RFP that we won in 2012 for a contract with a three-year value of over $1 million.
Proofreading Fund Documents Doesn’t Have to Be a Drag
A good proofreader is hard to find. Ask any financial services marketer and they will probably tell you this is the worst part of their job – proofreading, editing and updating documents. It’s time consuming work and it takes an enormous amount of time, patience, attention-to-detail, and focus.
Manual proofreading not only requires time and patience, but it also involves thoughtfulness and empathy. Thoughtfulness is required to interpret what is not always an apples-to-apples comparison and empathy is important for evaluating information from the perspective of the end-user. With so many data points and documents to work with, even the most skilled proofreaders face the undeniable challenge of human error. Not to mention, it’s unsatisfying work that takes up time and resources.