Wolf thrall

Jack Gilbert
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The IT sales world of leader boards and bells has come a long way over the past 20 years. Jack Gilbert asks what kind of sales culture is needed to succeed in the channel today

There is a scene in The Wolf of Wall Street where Matthew McConaughey's character Mark Hanna tells Jordan Belfort that he doesn't care how technology works, only about making money, right before he...

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