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title: "Comment by StackShortlist on \"The Founder Who Still Ships: What Staying in the Codebase Buys a Small Software Team\" | Hashnode"
description: "The 'let me check with the team' round trip is a real cost in a services business, and I've felt it on the sales side too. When a prospect asks a technical ques"
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Comment [The Founder Who Still Ships: What Staying in the Codebase Buys a Small Software Team](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-founder-who-still-ships-what-staying-in-the-codebase-buys-a-small-software-team/6ad78afb83a7c9c931c77b7d)

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The 'let me check with the team' round trip is a real cost in a services business, and I've felt it on the sales side too. When a prospect asks a technical question on a call and you can answer it right then, the deal moves a week faster. Do you find clients ask harder questions because they know you still build?