So You Want to Be a VP of Sales
Many startups are advised that there is a cookie-cutter, rinse-and-repeat easy button for scaling sales.
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Put Me In Coach
Winning is when you compete against others.
Improving is when you compete against yourself.
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Tumbling Dice
The printer in the order processing department starts up.
It spits out a purchase order from a customer.
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Meet Me in ORD - The Verizon Story
They had rehearsed for this meeting too. We weren't dealing with amateurs. In the enterprise space, we rarely are.
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Take It to the Limit
Did you know that when we think we have reached our limit, we are actually at one-third of our capability?
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Fortunate Son
There are few challenges that any sales organization will encounter in the present day that haven’t been solved before.
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Extraordinarily Ordinary
Extraordinary does not begin to describe this CEO and the group he has assembled.
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Full-court Press
Two competitors, two teams battling for the honor.
The stakes could be no higher.
In their minds, this is 100 times bigger than the Super Bowl.
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The Obstacle is the Way
Recent data suggests that over 70% of salespeople will not achieve their 2024 quota.
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What, Like It’s Hard?
Prospecting requires the entry-level sales rep to call up a complete stranger, get them to answer the phone, have a conversation, and book a meeting with them.
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More Harm Than Good
That's the thing about using real-life stories. The characters in these stories are real people.
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Ain’t Got No Rap
This week I respond to a request for more details from The Fighting Chair.
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