But, before you sign on the dotted line, what should you demand of your customer intelligence team?

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Sign on the Dotted Line: For most collaborators, signing a contract right off the bat is a no-brainer.

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Companies do not understand the journey that buyers of their solutions take before they sign on the dotted line.

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Memorize these five working-for-a-start-up mantras before you electronically sign on the dotted line.

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The smart money is on hiring an attorney to negotiate and review the deal before you sign on the dotted line.

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For one thing, those private sector creditors voluntarily losing a large part of their shirts still have actually to sign on the dotted line.

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While many buyers expect to negotiate discounts before they sign on the dotted line, One57 so far has held the line on asking prices, brokers said.

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So before you sign on the dotted line for a Medicare Advantage plan, keep in mind that the choice is far more important than deciding which television show to watch tonight.

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As in any negotiation nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and the signs are that there is still a way to go before Europe's leaders sign on the dotted line.

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Once a whiff of rising rates hits the wind, homebuyers are likely to gain motivation to sign on the dotted line and at that point, our economy will be off to the races.

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It's time to sign on the dotted line.

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Finally, these reforms include a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to prevent predatory loan practices and other abuses to ensure that consumers get clear information about loans and other financial products before they sign on the dotted line.

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For now, we wait for the next vote of confidence from the market, which could come when one of the 10 companies LightSquared says they are negotiating contracts with actually sign on the dotted line before a network is built.

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In the ad, a twenty-something decides not to sign on the dotted line and sell his soul to the devil despite the prospect of hanging out with Kate Upton and Usher when he sees the completion of a billboard telling him he can get the stylish new Benz for that astonishingly low price.

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But for some reason, the sign-on-the-dotted-line part of her job search escaped her.

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"Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted!"

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