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“Why Am I Interested In Selling,” Mitch Little

Partners in Excellence

With a degree in Electrical Engineering and a life long practice in Mechanical Engineering, the drive to UNDERSTAND morphed from hardware to software and finally on to the most complex field of all….PEOPLE. That was about 50 years ago. Vacuum tubes were still used in television and HI-FI audio (Google vacuum tubes too).

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Brian G. Burns Interviews Sean O’Shaughnessey On How To Win Large Enterprise Deals

Eliminate Your Competition

I was originally trained as a mechanical engineer. I realized that I didn’t want to be a mechanical engineer. My last day of being a mechanical engineer is when I walked across the stage to get that diploma. I never wanted to be a mechanical engineer. Sean O’Shaughnessey.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” G. Page Singletary

Partners in Excellence

Dave is also a rare combination of a left-brain analytical thinker (see Cal Berkeley degree in mechanical engineering and applied physics) and the right-brain soft skills that are important for high-performing salespeople. His background in entrepreneurial businesses, as well as large B2B companies, gives him a unique perspective.

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Doubling Down: Mark Roberge, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Stage 2 Capital

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in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Mark is active with a number of startups as a board of director’s member, advisory board member, and investor. Mark received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Inc.

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2 Channels for Targeting Tech Personas, Part 2/2

Heinz Marketing

If you take the time to get to know Reddit as a platform, it can be a solid channel to test out when targeting technical personas and can have a broader range of topics covered compared to Stack Overflow, such as mechanical engineering or architecture. .

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How We Can Build a More Inclusive Future in Tech

Highspot

Before moving into tech, I was working as a mechanical engineer developing medical devices — but I found myself gravitating more and more towards computer science. I wasn’t expecting anything to come of it — but I was accepted, loved it, and through that program, I joined Highspot as a frontend engineer.

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Haley Bohon

Sell Or Die

in Mechanical Engineering and since has worked both in Product Development for a Fortune 500 company and in project management for a tech startup. Haley is the Founder and CEO of Skillpop, a community-driven way for people to access in-person classes on a variety of subjects. Haley graduated from NC State University with her B.S