
Edward Labruyère is the co-founder of Midcall, the AI sales coach that supports reps during and after their video sales meetings, with a note taker built for sales and a Live Coach that helps them in real time. He leads sales and product, while his co-founder Geoffrey leads engineering. He runs Midcall's demos with sales teams himself.
He has more than 3 years of experience in sales. He spent 2 years cold calling as a freelancer, then joined AssessFirst, a French tech start-up, as an Account Executive. He left to launch Meteor, then Midcall. Alongside his freelance work, he spent 2 years as head of marketing and digital at a small company.
He is also the co-founder of Meteor, a French B2B prospecting agency specialized in cold calling, which makes more than 50,000 prospecting calls a year and has worked with more than 30 SMBs and start-ups.
On the Midcall blog, he writes about what actually happens in sales meetings, from discovery to closing, about coaching reps, and about the tools that equip them.
Background
- Co-founder of Midcall, AI sales coach
- Co-founder of Meteor, B2B prospecting agency
- Account Executive at AssessFirst
- Freelance business developer, 2 years of cold calling
- Head of marketing and digital at a small company, 2 years
- Studied at IESEG School of Management
Areas of expertise
- Discovery calls and demos
- Objection handling
- Closing
- Sales coaching
- Qualification (BANT, MEDDIC)
- AI note takers and sales tools
- Cold calling
His articles
- How much does Fireflies cost in 2026?
- How much does Fathom cost in 2026?
- How do you write meeting notes? Template, example and method
- How much does Otter.ai cost in 2026?
- How do you write a follow-up email after a sales call?
- What is the best AI note taker for sales teams in 2026?
- How do you handle objections in sales, with real examples?
- What is a sales demo, and how do you conduct one?
- What is sales coaching, and how do you coach every call?
- What is conversation intelligence software, and how do you choose it?
- What is AI sales enablement, and why must it reach the call?
- What is a cold call script, and how do you write one that works?
- What is sales onboarding, and how do you ramp reps faster?
- What is win-loss analysis, and how do you find the real reason?
- What is AI sales training, and does it actually make reps better?
- How do you manage a sales team that performs?
- How do you run a sales call that moves the deal forward?
- How do you build an effective sales pitch?
- What are buying signals during a sales call?
- How do you apply the Challenger sales methodology on real calls?
- What are the different types of sales reps, and which one performs?
- How do you build a sales dashboard that works?
- How do you manage sales performance in 2026?
- What is the best sales call recording software in 2026?
- How much does Gong actually cost in 2026?
- How much does Modjo cost in 2026, and what do reviews say?
- What are the best Gong alternatives in 2026?
- How do you respond to "I need to think about it"?
- What are the 11 best AI sales tools in 2026?
- How do you close more deals without being pushy?
- When should you make your first sales hire, and how do you get it right?
- AI sales assistant: agent, copilot or real-time coach, which one do you need?
- Which sales closing techniques actually work? Buying signals, scripts and data
- How do you handle the "too expensive" price objection?
- How do you run a great discovery call? Framework, questions and mistakes to avoid
- The MEDDIC framework, and why qualification happens during the call
- The sales coaching cadence top sales leaders run every week
- How to increase your close rate: the levers that actually work in B2B
- The AI sales stack in 2026: what to buy by team size, with real prices
- Sales Call Coaching in Real Time: The AI Coach That Helps Your Reps Mid-Call
- Gong vs Chorus: the honest 2026 comparison (and what both miss)
His comparisons
- Otter vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Fireflies vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Fathom vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Granola vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- tl;dv vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Read AI vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Claap vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Leexi vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Noota vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?
- Avoma vs Midcall: which AI note taker for a sales team?