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Sales Incentives Aren't the Only Motivator. How One Company Got Rid of Them

Hubspot Sales

When Baker became President and VP of Sales in 2003, eventually acquiring the company from his father in 2005, he was immediately wary of his team's commission-based compensation plan. Rumford Aquarium founder Herbert "Salty" Baker in 1942 in his basement pet store. He specialized in live fish and aquarium supplies. Source: PFX.