From the US Marine Corps to community-led sales at a top startup - How Ben Regier did it
Description
Ben Regier’s career is unique. Previously, he has served in the US Marine Corps and has been a store manager at Starbucks. Now, he is pioneering community-led sales as the Community Development Representative at Commsor.
In this episode we talk about -
00:00 The client that will buy only from Ben
09:17 One thing you absolutely need to do in a community-led sales role
11:56 How to handle NOs
15:15 Most difficult part of his job
16:53 Lessons carried over from service in the US Marine Corps
24:27 Hard lessons learnt as a Starbucks Store Manager
28:19 Getting his first remote job
41:24 Future of community-led sales
48:48 What veterans need to know about entering the sales
53:45 Rapid fire round
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Links and Resources:
Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benregier/
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