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SalesDNA: Decoding life science sales

Take your life science sales career to the next level with interviews and tactics from the best in the industry. We interview the top reps in the industry to learn what makes them so great. We talk to scientists to understand how they make decisions. We interview founders and leaders to share how they build successful companies. This show is all about helping you hit your quota and take your sales career to the next level.

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Business Management Life Sciences Careers Sales Science
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
69
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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[Sales] Maintain your composure in high pressure meetings with Jocelyn Foye

[Sales] Maintain your composure in high pressure meetings with Jocelyn Foye

Takeaways 
- Don't treat different titles differently
- Give your price early and don't negotiate with yourself
- Fail fast in your sales process
- Empower vs gain trust in selling instruments vs service…
00:38:19  |   Tue 29 Oct 2024
[Sales] How to manage channel partners and lead through influence with Eszter Takacs

[Sales] How to manage channel partners and lead through influence with Eszter Takacs

Takeaways 
- The business cultures are different in each country
- How to pick channel partners and enable them
- Motivation and training are critical
- It's great leadership experience leading teams thr…
00:37:10  |   Thu 24 Oct 2024
[Sales] 5 Skills Needed to Sell in Today's Environment

[Sales] 5 Skills Needed to Sell in Today's Environment

This is a recording of the presentation we gave at the ELRIG Drug Discovery event last week in London.

If you like these formats, make sure to let us know and we'll do more of them!

Skills
- Relentless …
01:02:50  |   Tue 08 Oct 2024
[Leadership] Underutilized marketing & sales strategies to break through the noise w/ Jason Amsbaugh

[Leadership] Underutilized marketing & sales strategies to break through the noise w/ Jason Amsbaugh

Takeaways
- Get experience doing both sales and marketing
- How to create a content and distribution strategy
- Focus your messaging on problems vs products
- Focus your early marketing efforts on your o…
00:35:21  |   Tue 01 Oct 2024
[Sales] Build trust at scale through content and social media with Rizwan Chaudhrey

[Sales] Build trust at scale through content and social media with Rizwan Chaudhrey

Takeaways 
- Put yourself out there because you never know who you'll meet
- Focus on what your customer needs not what you want
- Build trust at scale through content and social media
- Curating content…
00:39:21  |   Wed 25 Sep 2024
[Sales] The differences in selling products, services, software, and instruments with Malek Haddad

[Sales] The differences in selling products, services, software, and instruments with Malek Haddad

Takeaways 
- Value selling is relevant no matter what you sell
- Data is the output that everyone cares about
- Your message needs to match the level of the person
- Always be multi-threading to win deal…
00:38:19  |   Tue 17 Sep 2024
[Leadership] How to build sales teams and become a leader with Tom Conklin

[Leadership] How to build sales teams and become a leader with Tom Conklin

Takeaways 
- Securing meetings should be the main focus
- How founder mode applies to sales leadership
- Use your intrinsic motivation to be successful
- Searching for resilience in sales hiring
- Buildin…
00:40:43  |   Tue 10 Sep 2024
[Leadership] Finding PMF and building a sales team with Max Gilbert

[Leadership] Finding PMF and building a sales team with Max Gilbert

Takeaways 
- Finding product marketing sales fit
- Don't scale until you can sell to cold prospects
- Reps need to know what they can make by selling for you
- Hire to the level of your customer

Max Gilbe…
00:45:42  |   Tue 27 Aug 2024
[Science] Networking, cold calling, and commercializing with Saleha Patel

[Science] Networking, cold calling, and commercializing with Saleha Patel

Takeaways 
- Prospecting to land scientific roles
- Networking is critical for success
- ELRIG events are a great way to network
- Write personalized and relevant outreach

Saleha Patel
https://www.linkedin…
00:37:31  |   Tue 20 Aug 2024
[Leadership] Aligning marketing and sales with Alec McChesney

[Leadership] Aligning marketing and sales with Alec McChesney

Takeaways 
- Revenue is a shared objective
- Align your goals to the strategy
- Create an open feedback loop
- Bad takes on prospecting

Alec McChesny
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-mcchesney/

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00:42:04  |   Tue 06 Aug 2024
[Sales] Small actions create big results with Jessica Rietbrock

[Sales] Small actions create big results with Jessica Rietbrock

Takeaways 
- Small company vs big company
- How to leverage LinkedIn to generate more leads
- Win more deals by being faster to respond
- Pick the best deals to focus on

Jessica Rietbrock
https://www.linke…
00:42:14  |   Tue 23 Jul 2024
Why 80% of sales reps struggled in Q2 and 5 things you can do about it

Why 80% of sales reps struggled in Q2 and 5 things you can do about it

Takeaways
- 80% of reps struggled in Q2
- 49% said prospecting and 39% said deals going dark
- Deliverability and prospecting messaging tips
- Discovery and driving deals to close

Download the life scienc…
00:45:47  |   Thu 18 Jul 2024
[Sales] Academia to Industry: Navigating career transitions with confidence with Ashley Ruba

[Sales] Academia to Industry: Navigating career transitions with confidence with Ashley Ruba

Takeaways
- Overcoming imposter syndrome
- The stigma of sales
- How to stand out in the job search
- Learning how to write can be a game-changer

Ashley Ruba
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyruba-phd/

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00:35:26  |   Tue 16 Jul 2024
[Leadership] How to build a winning sales culture where reps can thrive with Gajen Raj

[Leadership] How to build a winning sales culture where reps can thrive with Gajen Raj

Takeaways
- Biggest challenges starting management
- why you should hire newbies
- Leverage on-the-job training
- Empathy and credibility and the top management traits

Gajen Raj
https://www.linkedin.com/in…
00:44:20  |   Tue 09 Jul 2024
[Sales] Frameworks for telling stories with data with Ben McLeod

[Sales] Frameworks for telling stories with data with Ben McLeod

Takeaways
- The font you use matters
- Data tells and stories sell
- Problem but therefore framework
- Scientist training is holding them back

Benjamin McLeod
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-mcleod/

Do…
00:39:23  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
[Sales] Recruit, train, and retain top sales talent with Amber Penrose

[Sales] Recruit, train, and retain top sales talent with Amber Penrose

Takeaways
- One-sized-fits-all training is dead
- Training is a top requirement coming up from candidates
- Gen Z turnover rates are high
- Why you need to build a personal brand

Amber Penrose
https://www.…
00:40:45  |   Tue 25 Jun 2024
[Sales] How to run effective events with Michael Adeniya

[Sales] How to run effective events with Michael Adeniya

Takeaways 
- 80% of return is not related to what you buy at events
- What to do and not to do at events
- Set event goals and then make it happen
- Your number 1 value is to be as helpful as possible

Mic…
00:35:46  |   Tue 18 Jun 2024
[Sales] Start with the problem not your solution with Sylwia Mankowska

[Sales] Start with the problem not your solution with Sylwia Mankowska

Takeaways 
- Start with the problem not the solution
- Take opportunities that open up to you
- Sales is great at teaching adaptability
- The best sales reps make recommendations

Sylwia Mankowska
https://w…
00:33:24  |   Tue 11 Jun 2024
[Leadership] Get better at your craft & adapt to the changing sales environment with Matthew Stoltz

[Leadership] Get better at your craft & adapt to the changing sales environment with Matthew Stoltz

Takeaways 
- The changing sales landscape
- Always be improving your sales skills
- Selling services vs instruments
- How to align and influence decision timelines

Matthew Stoltz
https://www.linkedin.com/i…
00:40:39  |   Tue 04 Jun 2024
[Leadership] Founder-led sales, delegating, and prioritizing sales activities with David Nathan

[Leadership] Founder-led sales, delegating, and prioritizing sales activities with David Nathan

Takeaways
- Using pricing psychology
- Founder-led selling and how hard it can be
- Delegate your low impact activities
- Detach from the outcomes

David Nathan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidinathan/

Down…
00:36:58  |   Tue 28 May 2024
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