Sales is arguably the oldest profession, and yet still struggles to get the respect and legitimacy it likely deserves. From the farmer selling his produce at the market, to the tech startup account executive with their smartphone, sales has come to permeate our societies and be an ever present part of our lives. Unfortunately, most of us still conjure up images of the used-car salesman of decades past.
THOUGHT LEADERS
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Brent Adamson
Principal Advisor CEB/Gartner; Author, The Challenger Sales
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Mike Bosworth
Author, Solution Selling; Speaker, Sales Trainer
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Tiffani Bova
Global Customer Growth & Innovation Evangelist, Salesforce
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Frank Cespedes
Harvard Business School; Author, Aligning Strategy & Sales
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Louis D'Ambrosio
Former CEO at Avaya & Sears, Former Sales Leader at IBM
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Howard Dover
Clinical Professor & Director of Center for Professional Sales, UT Dallas
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Walter Friedman
Harvard Business School; Author, Birth of a Salesman
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Alston Gardner
Author, Target Account Selling; Formerly on faculty at UNC
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Joe Hart
President/CEO, Dale Carnegie & Associates
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Jill Konrath
International Speaker; Author, More Sales Less Time & Snap Selling
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Shari Levitin
CEO, Levitin Group; Author, Speaker
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Steve W. Martin
Author, Researcher, USC Professor
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Mario Martinez
CEO, Founder and Digital Sales Evangelist, Vengreso
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Neil Rackham
Author, SPIN Selling; Professor, Consultant
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Mark Roberge
Harvard Business School; Former CRO, HubSpot
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Polly Sumner
Chief Adoption Officer, Salesforce
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Dan Weinfurter
Independent Consultant; Former Lecturer, Northwestern
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Ashley Welch
Co-Founder, Somersault Innovation
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Lareina Yee
Senior Partner, McKinsey Marketing & Sales Practice
SALES TRAILBLAZERS
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Johnny Aviles
Car Salesman, Tracy Toyota
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Patrick Buckley
Senior Director, Global Sales Development, Twilio
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Stacy Hale
Realtor, NextHome Premier Realty Group
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Steve Haworth
General Manager, Tracy Toyota
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Durga Jarayaman
Outbound Sales, Twilio
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Brittany Knowles
Student, UT Dallas
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Frank Lee
CEO, CarSnatch
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Mercy Manning
Global Account Executive, Aligned Energy
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Francesca Marchini
Marketing & Sales, J. Marchini Farms
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Joe Marchini
Founder & President, J. Marchini Farms
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Jeff Marchini
CEO, J. Marchini Farms
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Marc Marchini
COO & Sales, J. Marchini Farms
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Paul Martin
Business Development, Twilio
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Sean Patang
Car Salesman, Tracy Toyota