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How Sept 11th Transformed Me And My Career w/ Jim Donovan (Bonus Episode)

InsideSales.com

In this Sales Secrets Episode, sales exec Jim Donovan talks about how 9/11 changed him. RELATED: Why Being An Inside Sales Professional Is A Great Career Choice (Part 1). Jim Donovan is an investment banker turned inside sales executive. RELATED: How to Start A Successful Inside Sales Career (Part 2).

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The Advice These Women in Sales Wish They Had Been Given Sooner

The Spiff Blog

One thing I’ve learned from sales is that the initial offer/quote is almost never the final offer and there are always creative ways to meet somewhere in the middle through negotiation.” Kandace Banks, Senior Enterprise Business Development at SetSail “Show up authentically. Stop hiding behind the email.

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8 Getting Sales Enablement Right to Increase Results with Dave Brock, CEO of Partners in Excellence

Markempa - Inside Sales

We have some of the classics of Airbnb, turning the hotel and lodging market upside down or Uber turning the taxi and limo business upside down. I used to sell to the large money center banks in New York City. To learn about banking, you hang out where the bankers hang out, and they hung out at Harry’s at Hanover Square.

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PODCAST 133: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan

Sales Hacker

I swam the morning of September 11th, on the rooftop pool of the Marriott Hotel that actually used to join the two towers at the lobby. I ended up essentially exiting investment banking on September 12th. I left investment banking right after that. Of course, we all know what happened next. I decided it was not for me.

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