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E47: How Losing a $1M Deal Led to Achieving 29 President Clubs with Stephen Cottrell
E47: How Losing a $1M Deal Led to Achieving 29 President Clubs with Stephen Cottrell
Ever felt like you were doing everything right in a deal, only to lose it and realize you were never truly in the game? Or wondered how some reps consistently hit President’s Club like it's just another checkbox? Stephen Cottrell doesn’t just hit quota. He’s earned 29 President’s Club awards over a 35-year career, closed over $1B in sales, and done it all across 48 countries. But it didn’t start that way. From boiling noodles in a Boston shoebox apartment to getting outflanked by IBM on a $1...