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Sandbagging

Also called: forecast sandbagging

ELI5

Deliberately understating likely performance to reduce expectations or create an easier beat.

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Pitch context

You will see “Sandbagging” in go-to-market plans, sales forecasts, account reviews and commercial proposals when the discussion reaches sales forecasting & productivity.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.