by Janet Gregory | Nov 16, 2017 | Built for Global, Leadership, Marketing, Sales, Strategy
Is your international business as successful as you want it to be? Apply four powerful lean principles to take international sales to the next level. Turn the art of selling into the science of sales. A key principle of lean operations is eliminating waste. ...
by Mike Gospe | Sep 22, 2017 | Customer Advisory Boards
This year we celebrate 15 years as KickStart Alliance and our Customer Advisory Board practice. I am very proud to have worked with, and learned from, so many companies and business leaders over the years. It’s humbling, too, because success is built on...
by Janet Gregory | Feb 4, 2015 | Marketing
Everyone loves the kickoff for the New Year. Reinvent your sales kickoff. Go beyond the customer panel, motivational speaker and endless PowerPoint slides. Do the unexpected. Reverse engineer common components. Think outside the box. Your team will love it and you...
by Janet Gregory | Dec 1, 2014 | Marketing
CRM is making sales people dumb. “No, absolutely not, that’s heresy” shouts Salesforce.com, Velocify, SugarCRM and sales management. When sales people act like robots inputting data and taking action without thinking, the answer is YES. Unfortunately, the answer is...
by Janet Gregory | Jul 11, 2014 | Marketing
Doing business in Silicon Valley is different from other places in the US and around the world. To be successful in Silicon Valley in sales, marketing, business development or just about any functional area of expertise you must embrace a combination of collaboration,...