I’ve been in the tech startup space for around 10 years and recently I’ve been thinking about how I want to grow professionally. Right now, I have enough experience to get sales roles and I also have a wide skill set to allow me to pivot my career if I need to. There’s one lesson which is a foundation of my sales career: companies run activities that create value, customers buy what they believe is valuable.
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