When you start your first company, one of the most critical but often overlooked roles you take on is that of a chief salesperson. If you want to hire your first sales rep and close more deals, you need to understand how the sales process works, what tools your team needs to be successful and learn to speak sales.
Brad Bowery focuses on VC and startup accelerator partnerships at Zendesk for Startups and is a Partner at Founders Den, a referral-only incubator in San Francisco. Prior to Zendesk, Brad co-founded 2 companies: Pace Avenue and SRECTrade, and he has worked with several venture-backed startups including August Home, Lily Robotics, Zipline International, and Fidocure. Brad has a bachelor’s degree from Brown and an MBA from Stanford, where he served on the board of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network.
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