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 17, 2014 | Marketing
At the close of a year we look back on the resolutions set, the projects planned and the initiatives launched a year earlier, only to find disappointing results. Why is that? Why to do these resolutions, projects and initiatives fail to achieve their desired results...
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 19, 2014 | Marketing
Starting up a business has its own unique set of rules. Starting up a business in Silicon Valley is different from anywhere else on the planet. Here I explore some specific difference between Europe and Silicon Valley start-ups based upon a variety of entrepreneurs...
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,...