That moment the projector died during my big client pitch in Cleveland

I was in a conference room at a Marriott in Cleveland about 6 years ago, middle of explaining a cost breakdown, and the projector just went black with a pop sound. The client had about 15 people sitting there staring at me, and I had no backup plan since my laptop battery was at 5 percent. I ended up drawing the whole thing out on a whiteboard from memory, which actually saved the deal, but has anyone else had a tech failure turn into something better?

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spencer_moore395mo ago

Projector dying and you win the deal? Sounds like you accidentally did great.

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the_tessa5mo ago

Yeah, 'accidentally did great' might be the best description. My buddy had something similar happen. His laptop blue-screened right when he was about to show a client the revised budget spreadsheet. He just turned it to face them and said 'there it is, the system knows this is a bad deal.' They laughed and signed the contract. He still has no clue what was on that screen.

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