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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Klaus Leutbecher

Partners in Excellence

I started off with an electrical engineering degree working for a German manufacturer of electromechanical/electronic sub-systems, e.g. tuner/remote controls for TV-sets. Let’s move to 1997 and a meeting in Cleveland with Joe Keithley, then CEO & President of Keithley Instruments. Please let me explain with some anecdotes.

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Milton Hwang: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

We spoke about his circuitous path to marketing through electrical engineering and the early days of ecommerce at GE Healthcare, where he worked for many years, reporting to both the CMO and CIO. I effectively showed up to an afterschool meeting because it was her. He’s also spoken at The MarTech Conference. A: Retrospectively.

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“My Obsession To Provide Customer Value,” Christian Mauer

Partners in Excellence

I then studied Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, specializing to the max. I wanted to be where “the rubber meets the road”. My parents paid me the tuition fee for learning, in my spare time, in a private institute for extra-occupational training, how to program a IBM 360-20 mainframe.

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How to Introduce Yourself in an Email: 7 Email Examples to Copy

Lead Fuze

If you want to get on a call or meet your recipient in person, it’s best to ask what time works best for them. Introducing myself as ABC Sales Team member *ABC Company* I am excited to meet everyone in our sales department too:-D. Dear Professor __, I am a student taking your Introduction to Electrical Engineering class.

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Ben & Jerry, theSkimm & Apple: The Inspiring Stories of 10 Famous Co-Founders

Hubspot

Hewlett and Packard became friends in 1934 after they had both graduated from Stanford University with degrees in electrical engineering. After meeting at a party, the two instantly hit it off and start running a record label together out of Rubin's dorm room. The original garage entrepreneurs (garagepreneurs?),

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Building a Sales Organization with Craig Klein

Sales Nexus

Once I got out of college and got into the working world, I graduated as an engineer. I went to work at NASA, for a NASA subcontractor as an electrical engineer. ’ And ‘How are we going to meet our revenue goals this month?’ Then he had long weekends to go hunting and fishing. That was cool.

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Episode 27: How ABC Polymer Took On Direct Sales to Grow Their Business

Spiro Technologies

My father, who was an electrical engineer by trade, was, at the time, the largest private commercial real estate developer in the state of Alabama. We had the opportunity to meet with a gentleman named Tim Hartsell, who was an industry veteran, about affiliating with our company. We have quarterly meetings.