Beginner Maps cover image

Beginner Maps

From the US Marine Corps to community-led sales at a top startup - How Ben Regier did it

Feb 7, 2023
59:14

Ben Regier’s career is unique. Previously, he has served in the US Marine Corps and has been a store manager at Starbucks. Now, he is pioneering community-led sales as the Community Development Representative at Commsor.

In this episode we talk about - 

  • 00:00 The client that will buy only from Ben 
  • 09:17 One thing you absolutely need to do in a community-led sales role 
  • 11:56 How to handle NOs 
  • 15:15 Most difficult part of his job 
  • 16:53 Lessons carried over from service in the US Marine Corps 
  • 24:27 Hard lessons learnt as a Starbucks Store Manager 
  • 28:19 Getting his first remote job 
  • 41:24 Future of community-led sales 
  • 48:48 What veterans need to know about entering the sales 
  • 53:45 Rapid fire round  

--- --- --- 

Links and Resources:  

Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benregier/

--- --- --- 

Thanks for listening! If you have come this far you’ll love other episodes. But you probably don’t have 1 hr every week to listen to all the episodes. That’s why you should sign up for our newsletter.

We recently started it to share the key insights from these conversations in a more digestible, readable format.

So go to beginnermaps.com to sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode