Definition
Vendor asymmetry is the structural information advantage a vendor's pre-sales team has over a buyer who evaluates that category for the first time.
The vendor has run the playbook hundreds of times and knows every trap; the buyer walks in once. Closing the gap means arming the buyer with the same depth - the questions, the exclusions, the lock-in math - before the first meeting.
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