Long after I delivered my talk on “Psychology and Science of selling” various issues are still ringing in my head. While watching this Ted Talk by Amanda Palmer I could instantly connect it with the job of a sales person. I didn’t know about Amanda Palmer till I watched the Ted Talks and then IContinue reading “What I learnt from Amanda Palmer’s Ted Talk”
Category Archives: Selling
Go Socially… Confidently
Lately I have been involved in helping companies leverage social networking tools for business development. It has been a nice experience of sharing what you learnt and what you practice to help others. Straddling across so many tools – FB, Twitter, Orkut, Linkedin, Buzz etc – becomes a daunting task. To update the status acrossContinue reading “Go Socially… Confidently”
That 1st presentation… 1st pitch
While pitching to the investors one has to address many things, lets see what are the key elements of the pitch that investor is listening for the first time from you. Even before you pick up any tool to start making the presentation, you have to prepare the outline in your mind or on paper.Continue reading “That 1st presentation… 1st pitch”
Startups pitching – what went wrong at echelon2010
I was attending the echelon2010 event yesterday. An excellent event, great speakers and wonderful audience. Greate place to be in if you are a start up company, entrepreneur, want to understand what entrepreneurship is all about, meet up with potential investors and mentors. The last session of the day was pitching by the startups whichContinue reading “Startups pitching – what went wrong at echelon2010”
Powerful selling lessons from ordinary people
It was year 1990. I was new in the city of Mumbai, was travelling in a 3 wheeler Auto Rikshaw with my fiance’. The rikshaw stopped at the busy junction and all of a sudden, popped in a dark face from the open side, with coarse voice and typical sound of clap and hand inContinue reading “Powerful selling lessons from ordinary people”
Mind (and) Your Business 