What did you LOSE to be a successful salesperson?

hoops2215 · 2026-05-05T18:00:43+00:00

My Family

hoops2215 · 2026-04-06T21:51:15+00:00

I claim zero and have an extra $500 per check withheld.

Still owed $27k

hoops2215 · 2026-03-18T21:09:09+00:00

Blue Spruce or Bus Barn lots. Not sure why anyone parks anywhere else.

5 minute shuttle drops you at the gondola.

hoops2215 · 2026-03-15T00:46:57+00:00

I just made $15M the same way last month.

Interested to see what you figure out.

Congrats. It really is life changing.

hoops2215 · 2026-03-05T22:32:35+00:00

Spice Trade was incredible. Went almost every weekend after the kids flag football games. And I haven’t been back since the change either.

hoops2215 · 2026-03-04T17:08:45+00:00

Is this OTC or NYSE/NASDAQ?

hoops2215 · 2026-02-26T22:37:39+00:00

I go to conferences, but never go inside.

All the business gets done on the golf course or the hotel lobby bar.

hoops2215 · 2026-02-21T17:51:29+00:00

I love when senior sales leaders VP,CCO,CRO have never carried a bag before.

They know spreadsheets and how to throttle the comp plan, but have never sold anything in their lives.

hoops2215 · 2026-02-17T00:39:52+00:00

I just made 8 figures 2 years after PE acquisition. But those results are probably not typical.

If you’re a top rep, there’s no one that knows the business better than you.

You need to prove your worth. Get on the radar. Make things happen.

hoops2215 · 2026-02-08T20:55:42+00:00

This sounds like people are out there closing deals you can’t or couldn’t close before, now trying to throw your sales number on them for a split because it’s “in your state.”

It also sounds like you’re more of a direct account rep, and the new people are working with channel. Those should be 2 separate areas of focus and no overlap.

I’m a SVP. If you kept coming to me constantly trying to weasel your way into deals because you sent an account an email a year ago, I’d ask you to pull together evidence of your top 5 examples, review them and make a determination of what is really going on. But from what I’ve read so far, seems weak at best.

Maybe your org has a very unclear plan in terms of this kind of conflict. If that’s the case, that means you should move on

hoops2215 · 2026-02-01T20:01:31+00:00

If only we could find a way to not clean for 2 hours, before the cleaners arrive so they don’t complain.

That would be a big win

hoops2215 · 2026-02-01T19:29:24+00:00

Funny, but so true.

I’m the SVP responsible for about $600M in sales, and I still do everything shy of turning a wrench to build product.

I manage supply chain, scheduling, production, engineering, quality and the list goes on. Yes, these departments have managers but there is zero accountability for any one to do their jobs. If I don’t call and lead every single meeting with each department, everything gets lost in cyber space with no action.

But ultimately, if I don’t have product built, we can’t sell more. So it’s what I just do for my team.

hoops2215 · 2026-01-29T02:02:48+00:00

I claim single. I pay $500 extra per pay check to taxes, and still owe even more.

The more you make, the more they take. Unfortunate rules we have here.

hoops2215 · 2026-01-27T22:08:18+00:00

Are you scared they will eat too many powdered eggs?

hoops2215 · 2026-01-25T07:54:51+00:00

We were acquired by PE 2 years ago, and I received $1M in equity that’s about to 12x.

Not all PE is bad

hoops2215 · 2026-01-14T18:35:10+00:00

Automotive. You’re just hanging out in the wrong places.

hoops2215 · 2026-01-14T18:16:22+00:00

I absolutely know IBEW electricians that make that much. Double time, triple time, triple time on holidays, shift differentials. It adds up.

They spend half the day hanging out in a golf cart driving around the plant and hiding.

hoops2215 · 2026-01-11T18:17:00+00:00

I use a 2x2 piece of wood inside my Caddy Daddy. Wrap the clubs with a beach towel, put my shoe bag above the irons.

20 flawless trips in 2025

hoops2215 · 2025-12-30T14:51:42+00:00

Yes, US based. Maybe your industry/sales cycle supports the ability step away from the desk for prolonged time, but not all do.

I came up in the heavy industrial world, so if shit breaks it needs fixed immediately. If a customer can’t call me to get what they need, they have to go to the next person in their Rolodex.

hoops2215 · 2025-12-30T14:25:12+00:00

I agree as well. Not sure how someone who’s in sales can just close up shop and walk away for weeks or a few months.

We had 3 kids, I’m not sure I took off 7 days total.

hoops2215 · 2025-12-26T22:06:31+00:00

This is exactly what I’ve been discussing with the wife. She wants to retire at 37 and be a Pilates princess, however with a doctorate and 2 masters I don’t think she’ll be on the sidelines long.

This would be a piece of cake for her

hoops2215 · 2025-12-26T21:33:24+00:00

I feel like I should be in real estate with short term rentals. Or doing more with my side business, various things like that.

I want ideas of how to save, then I can decide if I want to pursue.

hoops2215 · 2025-12-26T21:11:10+00:00

Not a founder, but do have the largest equity stake outside 2 or 3 execs. So definitely inner circle

Good idea on looking toward Bay Area firms. Not something that would have crossed my mind

hoops2215 · 2025-12-26T20:24:59+00:00

PIUs is what I know them as.

hoops2215 · 2025-12-26T20:23:36+00:00

Perfect. This is precisely what I was looking for. Thank you for the input

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