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A good place to start could be working at a digital startup that has good lead flow with a good sales pipeline. Just MAKE SURE that they’re not selling snake oil, or a product or service that doesn’t really work.
This will allow you to experience sales in a way you likely couldn’t if you were to go with a more traditional model that has already scaled and has a set system and process where each department is left to their own specific tasks.
For example, if you could find a Ai tech startup that is starting to grow, you could involve yourself as a sales rep while making good commission but also learning and observing their marketing and service.
If done right, you will come out the other end ready to do whatever you would like to do, because you’ll have at least a good enough understanding of marketing, sales, and service to start your own thing.
That’s why sales reps need to make so much money, it’s hard to keep good sales reps from not starting their own thing.