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Making the Leap from Corporate to Startup
Taylor Stevens, Client Success Lead at NextPatient, joins us to talk about the transition to the startup world and how… The first piece of advice is communication. If you aren’t on the same page as your Founder(s), it makes your … Plus we talked all about how & when to grow your team …
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Building an Anti-Fragile Sales Team
We’ve broken this down into four sections. While you could easily add a lot more, this process needs to be simple otherwise you won’t stick to it. Just like your core values, you hire and fire based on your principles.
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The Definition of Insanity when it comes to Sales Coaching
Managers and leaders still listen to call recordings for hours on end, schedule time with the rep or agent to discuss what happened (and why it did not go right), still do…not as simple as inserting a rep on the front line and six-months later expecting the same repeatable revenue. Failing to … Try real-time…
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Think like a Founder, it’s more powerful than you realize
Have you ever heard someone say “ownership mentality”? … It’s … Jen Spencer, CEO of SmartBug Media, joined us on The Startup Sidekick podcast to talk … explains the difference between the different stages of startups and where you might fit best based on your personality & work ethic.
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What it takes to be successful in the SaaS world
The type of people who are successful in a startup like to take initiative. It doesn’t matter if you’ve worked for a “big named” company or if you’re straight out of college. The question you need to ask yourself is …. Lio Slama, CEO & Co-Founder at AskNeo, joined us on The Startup Sidekick podcast…
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence
In the first episode of The Startup Sidekick Podcast. Kyle Burnett joins Clare Dobson to discuss what it’s like being on the ground floor as a Co-Founder and if all of the hard work was worth it. Plus here about his new adventure, Little Taller.
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How Agent Coaching Software Can Help Me Stop Re-Coaching Agents
It’s time to stop re-coaching your reps! Let their … If you’re looking to improve your leadership skills, let’s …. Two very different ways of thinking are now causing a divide in the software sales world. There are so many options now when it comes to your tech stack, the worst part is most sales…
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… And Then There Was One
Clare Dobson, VP of Marketing at Abstrakt, joins Greg Reffner to discuss the rebrand and the “passing of the torch”. This is officially the last episode of what is known as The Abstrakt Podkast. Clare will take over and the new podcast will be…
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Building Competence and Confidence: How to help your reps overcome call reluctance
The harsh reality of call reluctance is that it’s psychological. Most sales managers do not have a degree in Psychology. So, we decided to put together a cliff notes version on the … The first step to helping your reps overcome this fear is to have… The key in every situation when you are working…
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The Struggles (and how to overcome them) of Founder-Led Sales
Some wise words from Matt Wolach, B2B SaaS Sales Coach at Xsellus. While the focus of this podcast is founder-led sales, most of these principles that Matt shared can be applied to sales in general. Before you can grow in sales, you need to …. The other piece to founder-led sales…. don’t get emotional. Disconnect…
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Using Conversational Intelligence to transition from Sales Rep to Manager
You are extremely focused on reviewing your conversational intelligence software to ensure your opportunities are multi-threaded and have clear next steps…..If they immediately start gloating or go show off their …
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Q&A with Greg Reffner, Founder & CEO of Abstrakt
Greg has been through every sales role you can imagine. Once he realized that he had a knack for it, his career took off. While a competitive personality … But what’s even better than that – he wouldn’t take any of the credit for it. He would say it was all done by his team.
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