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

Eliminate Your Competition

How did you get into sales? 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 immediately went into sales.

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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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“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. From my ‘Poppy,’ I first learned about sales.

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

SaaStr

From sourcing opportunities to hiring talent to coaching founders to implementing sales methodologies, we leverage the Stage 2 Capital LP base in every stage of the investing and portfolio support process. He was also awarded the 2010 Salesperson of the Year at the MIT Sales Conference. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.

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Will AI Eliminate Sales – or Save It?

Miller Heiman Group

The four founders of Spyce were mechanical engineering students at MIT when they set out to solve a problem: there were too few options for fast, healthy, inexpensive meals. Meanwhile, in the sales profession, the future of sales remains a topic of keen interest. In sales, change is a fact of life.

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Will AI Eliminate Sales – or Save It?

Miller Heiman Group

The four founders of Spyce were mechanical engineering students at MIT when they set out to solve a problem: there were too few options for fast, healthy, inexpensive meals. Meanwhile, in the sales profession, the future of sales remains a topic of keen interest. In sales, change is a fact of life.

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Haley Bohon

Sell Or Die

On Women Crush Wednesday, Jen Gluckow interviews top women entrepreneurs who are certifiably crushing it and generating more business, more sales, and more money. in Mechanical Engineering and since has worked both in Product Development for a Fortune 500 company and in project management for a tech startup.