21 12 / 2011
5 tips to get your dream job.
A few months ago, I was promoted to Sales Manager at WePay. In addition to my “day job” (selling), I’ve now got meetings with my two bosses (Tyler and Bill) every Monday and meetings with my team throughout the week.
I also spend 10-15 hours a week on interviewing. While I’m far from an expert interviewer, these are some short tips I’d recommend if you really want the job.
21 12 / 2011
WePay Journey - Part 4
After I joined WePay as an unpaid intern and got my first sale in June (see parts 1, 2 & 3 of my WePay journey), Rich and Bill thought it would be a good idea for me to begin cold calling other groups to see if we can acquire users through the phone. At the time, our only tool was “billing” so we thought it would be a perfect fit for all organizations collecting dues.
One of our angel investors, Nils Johnson, came into the office and helped walk me through the basics of cold calling. I made calls in my last job but they were all somewhat warm calls (the person had submitted info and expected someone to call them). It helped a ton and showed me how to open the call, what questions to ask, and to close with a day/time we could walk through the website together. When Nils left, Bill came into the conference room and said “let’s do this” while pointing to the excel spreadsheet of contact info for shriners. Yep, shriners. These guys.
As you can imagine shriners aren’t the most tech savvy group of internet users so we opted for the next best thing - fraternities.
06 12 / 2011
It’s pretty powerful when the impact of an unintentional viral campaign makes a billion dollar business apologize for a mistake.
Just keep fucking up, PayPal. We’ll be there every step of the way.
17 11 / 2011
My thoughts on entrepreneurship after working for 1.5 years @WePay
Starting a company is sexy as hell. Building a company is the unsexiest thing you’ll probably ever do.
08 11 / 2011
"There’s a culture out here where people don’t commit to doing things, I feel like a lot of companies built outside of Silicon Valley seem to be focused on a longer-term."
