Hey everyone, I've been looking closely at why sales teams invest tens of thousands of dollars into training programs, only for reps to slide back into "winging it" on high-stakes calls. According to Gartner, sellers forget up to 70% of training within a week. The root cause usually isn't the methodology itself—it’s the workflow friction. Reps won't log into a standalone web app or a manager-monitored learning management platform to practice right before a busy day of calls. It feels like surveillance, not space to fail and learn. To solve this, my team and I have been building something lightweight: a practice coach that lives entirely inside Slack. Before a calendar event, it runs a 2-minute prep cycle using explicit methodologies (e.g., did we identify the economic buyer? what are our SPIN questions for this champion?) and lets the rep text-roleplay against realistic, hyper-customized buyer personas (like a "Skeptical CFO" or "Procurement Hammer") right in a Slack thread. We're kicking off an invite-only pilot program and are looking for 3–4 sales leaders to join us as design partners. If this problem resonates with you, drop a comment below or shoot me a DM. Would love to jump on a call 🙂\
