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I went from a software engineer to starting my own CBD company. Most of what I do is sales now. Making the transition has been very difficult. It's a completely
by dumbfoundded 8y ago
I went from a software engineer to starting my own CBD company. Most of what I do is sales now. Making the transition has been very difficult. It's a completely different world.
- jhwang5 8y agocan you share a link to your site?
- uxcolumbo 8y agoThis sounds interesting. What have you learned and what was difficult? Capital? Good sources for CBD or are you producing everything from scratch?
- dumbfoundded 8y agoThe biggest thing I've learned with sales is that the logic of an engineering mindset doesn't apply. With sales, you have to understand people. This sounds sort of basic and I wish I could communicate it better but it's true. Sales are all about social proof, making your customer feel special, and dealing with people problems. For capital, I've self-funded from working in the software industry in San Francisco. For CBD sourcing, initially, I was buying CBD to create products. This was a good idea to test products but a bad way to grow a business. Since realizing this, I've moved everything to Southern Oregon and partnered with a hemp farm. The combination of my understanding of the internet plus his high quality CBD rich hemp has allowed me to expand into other products while dropping my prices by 50%.