“If you’re curious, you’re a good sales person.”
– Brandon Bruce
On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Brandon Bruce, COO & Co-Founder of Cirrus Insight, a plugin for Gmail and Outlook salespeople. Bruce grew up in a tiny California town of 800 people where he only had one classmate at a school using outhouses as their bathroom. He went from those humble beginnings to co-founding and growing Cirrus Insight to $12 million in revenue and #41 on the Inc. 500 (after a six-year rollercoaster of success and setbacks).
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Podcast Topics Include:
- Brandon’s humble beginnings, his “hero story”, and how he went from small town kid to entrepreneur and pivotal leader
- The story behind Cirrus Insight startup and taking it from idea to implementation, including Brandon’s six-year roller coaster of success and setbacks
- Today’s selling environment and using the right communication medium to connect with customers
- Goal setting strategies for attending conferences and maximizing opportunities
- Angel investors: how Cirrus Insight got funded
- On becoming an Inc 5000 Ranked Business
- Why Brandon thinks curiosity is an important trait of a good salesperson
- Using improv to move forward with innovation in technology
- Why competitors can make good mentors and can be great to turn to for support
- Books Brandon Loves:
- Tattoos On The Heart
- Checklist Manifesto
- Anything written by Seth Godin
- Anything by Richard Fineman
More About Gina Trimarco
More About Pivot10 Results
More About Brandon Bruce & Cirrus Insight
- Personal LinkedIn
- Cirrus Website
- Cirrus Twitter
- Youtube
- Email: brandon@cirrusinsight.com
The Pivotal Leader is a production of Pivot10 Results, a strategy and training company that helps businesses shift from people problems to performance results.
