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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I had been doing B2B sales for several years, and I was really good at it. It was several years later when I identified this as ‘driving conversions’ , which is what I specialize in today ). I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. Losing the job.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends.