How I Sell
How I Sell
Danny Leonard and Manoj Jonna
EP 08: Kyle Parrish, VP Sales at Mixmax
33 minutes Posted Dec 22, 2020 at 11:00 am.
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Kyle Parrish is the VP Sales at Mixmax and a methodical sales leader. On today's episode, Manoj Jonna and Danny Leonard sit down with Kyle to discuss his journey in sales. They cover a plethora of topics, including: 

  • Starting off in sales after watching friends on water polo team going that way
  • Background as college athlete helped develop fearlessness for rejection
  • The “Yes, and…” principle 
  • How he crushed his first sales job interview
  • Finding mentors early in his career at Oracle
  • The need to find a way to give back to others 
  • There will be a ‘next quarter’ - taking learnings from a bad quarter and applying them to future quarters (asking for help)
  • How he found his mojo at startups
  • More early career guidance for junior salespeople

Outside of work, Kyle lives in the Bay Area and has a passion for athletics

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