From the US Marine Corps to community-led sales at a top startup - How Ben Regier did it

Ben Regier’s career is unique. Previously, he has served in the US Marine Corps and has been a store manager at Starbucks. Now, he is pioneering community-led sales as the Community Development Representative at Commsor.

In this episode we talk about - 

• 00:00 The client that will buy only from Ben 


• 09:17 One thing you absolutely need to do in a community-led sales role 


• 11:56 How to handle NOs 


• 15:15 Most difficult part of his job 


• 16:53 Lessons carried over from service in the US Marine Corps 


• 24:27 Hard lessons learnt as a Starbucks Store Manager 


• 28:19 Getting his first remote job 


• 41:24 Future of community-led sales 


• 48:48 What veterans need to know about entering the sales 


• 53:45 Rapid fire round  

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Links and Resources:  

Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benregier/

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