Always Be Qualifying: MEDDIC, Purpose, and Better Sales Forecasts featuring Darius Lahoutifard

About this episode

Darius Lahoutifard discusses the importance of purpose and strong qualification in achieving better sales outcomes.

Darius Lahoutifard is a visionary sales leader, serial entrepreneur, and founder of MEDDIC Academy, the premier global MEDDPICC® certification platform. A former executive at PTC and Oracle, Darius is best known for scaling PTC France’s revenue from $4M to $27M in just three years—outperforming major industry competitors. Originally trained as a robotics engineer, Darius combined technical expertise with sales excellence, becoming CEO of a Schlumberger subsidiary at just 28 years old. He has since launched four successful tech startups, raised over $20 million in funding, and authored Always Be Qualifying. Today, through MEDDIC Academy, he equips sales professionals worldwide with the discipline, clarity, and strategy needed to improve qualification, forecasting, and win rates. SHOW SUMMARY In this episode of the Selling from the Heart Podcast, Larry Levine and Darrell Amy are joined by Darius Lahoutifard to discuss how authentic selling starts with purpose—and how strong qualification creates better sales outcomes. Darius shares that when purpose aligns with your work, selling from the heart becomes natural rather than forced. The conversation focuses on one of the biggest…

People in this episode

Hosts: Larry Levine, Darrell Amy

Guest: Darius Lahoutifard

Topics covered

• sales qualification
• authentic selling
• sales forecasting
• purpose in sales
• sales strategies

Keywords

• MEDDIC
• sales leadership
• qualification
• sales outcomes
• Three Whys

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MEDDIC Academy, PTC, Oracle, Schlumberger

Books & works: Always Be Qualifying

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