On today's episode, we sit down with Kyle Parrish, VP Sales at Mixmax to discuss his journey in sales.
Show Notes
Kyle Parrish is the VP Sales at
Mixmax and a methodical sales leader. On today's episode, Manoj Jonna and Danny Leonard sit down with Kyle to discuss his journey in sales. They cover a plethora of topics, including:
- Starting off in sales after watching friends on water polo team going that way
- Background as college athlete helped develop fearlessness for rejection
- The “Yes, and…” principle
- How he crushed his first sales job interview
- Finding mentors early in his career at Oracle
- The need to find a way to give back to others
- There will be a ‘next quarter’ - taking learnings from a bad quarter and applying them to future quarters (asking for help)
- How he found his mojo at startups
- More early career guidance for junior salespeople
Outside of work, Kyle lives in the Bay Area and has a passion for athletics
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The Ramped Podcast is built for early-career professionals. Join hosts Manoj Jonna and Danny Leonard as they sit down with industry heavyweights to uncover what it takes to launch a successful career in sales, technology, finance, and many other industries.
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