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Transformation During Crisis | Simon Leslie

Peter Winick

Simon is also the author of several books, including, There is No F in Sales: A Book About Selling in Every Market Condition and Equanimity: The Diary of a CEO in Crisis. We start our conversation by talking about Simon’s first book, There is No F in Sales, which shines a light on his years of sales experience.

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How Teaching Myself Drums Made Me A Better CEO

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Ultimately, I chose tech and founded Beam Benefits in 2012. A CEO’s progression—from head of sales, to building teams, to championing a public visio—is driven by their company’s success. And by the time I finished college, I was facing a choice: chase the rockstar dream full time or pivot toward tech and startups.

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Prepping For Pillagers

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percent of sales—be shuttered. Carl Icahn led some companies into bankruptcy and spearheaded a misguided campaign against Michael Dell, but was right to call out the board’s carte blanche for Chesapeake Energy’s Aubrey McClendon’s egregious self-dealing in 2012. Twenty years ago, only 17 percent of boards caved in to activists.

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5 STAGES OF AI MATURITY IN MARKETING: A BLUEPRINT FOR THE MARKETING REVOLUTION

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In 2012 Venkatesan published “Coupons Are Not Just for Cutting Prices” in Harvard Business Review. He also co-wrote “Measuring and Managing Returns From Retailer-Customized Coupon Campaigns,” published in the Journal of Marketing in 2012.

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Smart Leaders Play the Long Game 

Jim Taggart

We want it now as consumers—hence the exponential growth of credit since the 1960s, whether in credit cards, conditional sales contracts, automotive loans or mortgages. Someone who offers special insights into thinking strategically, and unfortunately who died too soon, was Stephen Covey (from a cycling accident in July 2012).

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Confessions Of A CEO: 5 Lessons To Improve Organizational Health At Your Company

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Kyle Porter is founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a rapidly growing company that provides a powerful platform for sales development teams to increase qualified demos and appointments. But back in 2012, SalesLoft just wasn’t working. Today’s consumer has more information and more control, and sales is eating the world through software.

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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

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The federal takeover has fueled fear among some that the failures are precursors to something akin to the Great Recession, when 450 banks failed between 2008 and 2012. To find out what happened, why and what’s next, UVA Today turned to David C.

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