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Hey Boston College student and alumni entrepreneurs: apply to be part of the summer accelerator sscventurepartners.com/ssc-2021-summe
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Please join me and as we chat about growing your business, sales, leadership and
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The brother Jesuits together with Sr. Jean! Hope both teams keep winning! Go Ramblers Beat Illini! Go Bluejays! Beat Ohio! @FSNGorg @LibTheoJesuit #amdg
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“beam: investors investing in startups” with , , , , and . Today, Feb 25 at 4:00 PM PST on !
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A 11 - Your Top 3 aspirations for 2021? #TechSalesInsights
a. Go deeper on the important of AI
b. Find 3 new amazing entrepreneurs to partner with
c. Deliver for those how have entrusted me with their talent and/or treasure....and D. USA united
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Q11 - Your Top 3 aspirations for 2021? #TechSalesInsights
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What are the three things you are most thankful for?
#techsalesinsights #thanksgiving2020
a. people i love....family and friends
b. Health
c. A job i love
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Q10 - What are the three things you are most thankful for? #TechSalesInsights #thanksgiving2020
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both experience and potential are important. I like to say 1)hunger 2) relevance to the opportunity 3) smarts and 4)grit #techsalesinsights
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Any advice on when you go with experience vs potential? How important is what round you are in when making this choice? #TechSalesInsights @Randyseidl2 @dnour3
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A9 - Top 3 advise for sales community to develop a passion for learning, clarify their purpose, or attract exceptional talent?
a- Be an energy giver not an energy taker...courtesy of Greg Brown
b-Don’t wait
c-Put together your winning team
#TechSalesInsights
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Q9 - Top 3 advice for sales community to develop a passion for learning, clarify their purpose, or attract exceptional talent? #TechSalesInsights
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A8 - Top 3 attributes you look for when considering an investment in a tech startup? #TechSalesInsights
1) Size of the opportunity
2) Unfair advantage (TECH/TEAM/BUSINESS MODEL)
3) ability to garner talent and customers
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Q8 - Top 3 attributes you look for when considering an investment in a tech startup? #TechSalesInsights
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A7 - Top 3 advice on moving to a startup from a recognizable brand? #TechSalesInsights
1) You must drink the kool aid
2) Evaluate...if this goes well...then what? How will the journey be?
3) Is this the team that you want to be in the foxhole with?
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Q7 - Top 3 advice on moving to a startup from a recognizable company? #TechSalesInsights
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once the founders have identified and validated product/market fit you should hire a CRO (in most cases: disclaimer) #techsalesinsights
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When do you see the value of bringing a CRO to head all of revenue vs when its not needed #techsalesinsights
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i think it is a big more challenging both for the sales professional and for the hiring manager BUT, i have seen some great talent and their is a silver lining in these crazy times #techsalesinsights
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Has hiring great sales talent become more or less challenging amid #Covid? How so? #TechSalesInsights
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A6 - Top 3 things tech Sales VPs do to consistently deliver their numbers?
a. Hire well
b. Give their team the tools and resources they need to win
c. Continuous coaching #techsalesinsights
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Q6 - Top 3 things tech Sales VPs do to consistently deliver their numbers? #TechSalesInsights
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the increased importance of have a developer first mindset has been one of most significant changes in enterprise tech over the past 2 years #techsalesinsights
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Hey Peter! How do you and the team see things changing in the current environment for potential investments (is it changing how you feel about certain tech/sectors)? #techsalesinsights
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A5 - Top 3 qualities of sales manager who attract, retain, and develop exceptional talent?
1) Deep networks
2) Care about the individual
3) Setting the bar...high standards #techsalesinsights
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Q5 - Top 3 qualities of sales managers who attract, retain, and develop exceptional talent? #TechSalesInsights
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we are constantly refining our strategy. Sometimes we are too early to a market, it is important to learn from mistakes then onwards @#techsalesinsights
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How often do you look at your picks and refine the strategy? Do you ever realize the space isn't expanding at the rate you thought it would be? #techsalesinsights
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A4 - Top 3 characteristics of a tech sales entrepreneurs who have a clarity of their purpose?
a. Streamline your life to remove obstacles
b. Ability to communicate clearly
c.Think big ..solve a massive problem #techsalesinsights
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Q4 - Top 3 characteristics of tech sales entrepreneurs who have clarity of their purpose? #TechSalesInsights
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many sales professionals forget the 80/20 rule (80% listening) because they want to make sure they tell their customer everything instead of listening and providing a solution that delivers compelling value #techsalesinsights
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Why do you believe active/proactive/engaged listening is a challenge for so many tech sales professionals? #TechSalesInsights
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A3 - Top 3 attributes drive you personally everyday with a passion to learn?
1. Desire to improve
2. Curious about what’s next
3. You learn by listening
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Q3 - Top 3 attributes drive you personally every day with a passion to learn? #TechSalesInsights
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@peterwbell you left off National TV Exposure! @randy_seidl #TechSalesInsights @DavidNour @WekaIO @amityventures @salescmty twitter.com/peterwbell/sta…
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A2 - Top 3 secrets to a successful, long-term technology sales career? #TechSalesInsights
1) know and delight your customer
2) Be a product expert
3) Work with winners
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Q2 - Top 3 secrets to a successful, long-term technology sales career? #TechSalesInsights
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diving deep on the markets that will be the most important for the decade #techsalesinsights ...so we can move fast when we meet a great company
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What makes a mindset prepared? #techsalesinsights
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a. be the first call (good times or bad), b. bring our network-talent, customers, and partners to the table and c) ensure that they have the fuel in the tank/ie., balance sheet to win #techsalesinsights
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Top unique ways you support your founders? #VentureCapital #VC #StartUp
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A1-Top 3 attributes of the culture?
1)support our founders
2)prepared mindset
3)relationships of trust
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Q1 - Top 3 attributes of the @amityventures culture? #TechSalesInsights
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Our Top 3 Insights for this week’s #TechSalesInsights Tweet Chat is focused on a passion for learning, clarity of purpose, and exceptional talent with @peterwbell of @amityventures
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Ice Breaker - Let’s start with your favorite image of 2020 in tech sales. Post a picture, a meme, a gif, or something that’s a strong representation of 2020. #TechSalesInsights
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Really excited for a Twitter chat with and tomorrow morning at 9 AM pacific. Our conversation topics will include: Passion for Learning, Clarity of Purpose, Exceptional Talent, and Giving Thanks #TechSalesInsights #SalesLeadership
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So excited about the launch of as they work to increase the way our society accesses and uses public information. lnkd.in/g4VDBDr
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Big congrats to on another important milestone on their journey. Qumulo's technology is the solution of choice for organizations as digitization accelerates. I could not be more excited for the road ahead. is proud to be your partner
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Congrats to the CaptivateIQ team on their exciting milestone. They are solving a huge problem for #sales executives. Amity Ventures is proud to be an early investor.
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Awesome listen about a journey demonstrating resilience, expertise, teamwork, faith, and beauty ...55 days at sea on the pacific with , Angela Harger, and their dog lnkd.in/gviA_VQ lnkd.in/gg49J5s
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