Sales Veterans: Recent Episodes
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Sales Veterans is a podcast series where we'll chat with veterans who have gone on to be highly successful in technology sales. We'll hear about their stories. We'll shed light on what it's like to sell to businesses, and we'll discuss why serving in the military sets you up to be a success in the industry.
Hear from Marcus Pemberton, VP of Customer Success at Relative Insight, as he talks through his journey from being an Officer in the British Army into his career in tech and customer success.
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"There's no such thing as a stupid question... unless it's Friday afternoon and everyone's waiting to go home," 😂
You don't get far in sales unless you ask good questions........at the appropriate times 😉 .
Great to hear from Ben Ford on the latest podcast, chatting about how veterans can go far in tech and his journey from learning to code in the Marines to founding his own business - Mission Ctrl.
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"It's not as bad as digging a trench for a week!"
Correct Greg, missing your target in sales is not as bad as that! 😂
Greg's an Account Exec at Dealroom and served in the Parachute Regiment for eight years before finding a new career in sales.
Have a listen and let us know what you think.
"How do you get good in sales? You fall back on your military skills."
Anthony Thompson is the man; former Royal Marine and now Co-Founder of Loopin.
Have a listen about his transition out of the Marines, and how sales is such an important skill in any industry you go into.
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"Your skills coming out of the services are leadership, management and your ability to problem solve. And selling is solving problems for customers," Ian Hogg, former Royal Navy Mine Clearance Diving Officer, now Chairman at The WorkTech Group.
👏 Well said, Ian. The latest episode of The Redeployable Podcast is now live. Ian talks through the skills he managed to apply to his new career and how he negotiated a £100 million deal, five years after leaving the Navy.
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"There's a lot of stuff that you've learned in the army that's going to work for you in tech sales," - Max Amies, former British Army, now Associate Director at Datasearch Consulting.
👉 Active listening
👉 Hardworking
👉 Resilient
Max Amies chats on The Redeployable Podcast to talk about his career in tech sales.
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"It's not about trying to pitch to everyone you meet, it's more about building relationships," - Nicola Bradshaw, former British Army, now Enterprise Account Exec at Salesforce.
Latest episode of The Redeployable podcast is out, where Nicola talks about:
🙅♀️ Why traditional office jobs weren't for her
💡 How she got involved in tech sales
🤝 Why selling isn't what people think it is
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“The Navy taught me this idea of being able to persevere in the face of adversity,” - Andrew Garcia, Formerly in the US Navy, now an Enterprise Account Exec with Salesforce.
In the latest episode of Sales Veterans, Andrew chats with Ben Read about how his career in the Navy helped him in his early days in tech sales.
Perseverance ✅
Hard work ✅
Learning fast ✅
Andrew now has a fantastic career in tech sales and shared some of his tips for starting out in a new industry.
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🤝 “The best salespeople I know have that money-motivator… but they also have a strong desire to help people,” - Justin Clifford, Head of Sales at Demandwell.
📈 Justin talks about breaking norms in sales and why he hired a former teacher and a former footballer to join his team.
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Listen to Ep 3️⃣ of the Sales Veterans, where George Ford, former Royal Marine and now Sales and Marketing Specialist at Alcumus, talks about:
💰 Why he wanted a career with a commission-based salary
🔝 How he became one of his company’s top salespeople within 12 months
🪖 How the military mindset applies to tech sales
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Ben Read chats with Howard Paine about what it takes to get started in a brand new industry after serving in the military.
In episode 2️⃣ of the Sales Veterans podcast, Howard talks about:
✅ Moving into an unknown industry
✅ Finding his ideal role
✅ How his brother helped him discover a new career
Subscribe to Sales Veterans to hear from Howard and other experts in technology, sales and the military transition.
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Episode one features Rik Williams, a former British Reservist and now a Sales Veteran with more than 30 years of experience in technology.
🥇 Rik has sold for the likes of LinkedIn, Oracle and Adobe and has a wealth of experience in technology and software sales.
🪖 In the first ever episode of the Sales Veterans podcast, Ben Read chats with Rik on his career, tech sales and why service leavers are a perfect fit for the industry.
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Sales Veterans is a new podcast which will chat with veterans who have gone on to be highly successful in technology sales. First episode coming 3 August.