Julia FedorinContent Creator + Podcaster, Composio · Storytelling & Podcasting @Composio | Prev Brand @Shopify

she’s head of sales and customer success!!

17 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this interview, the Head of Sales and Customer Success at Ben Century, who has held the position for about 18 months, explains how she secured the role through hard work and a prior professional relationship with the founder. She advises current college students to favor corporate internships to learn structured business functions before moving to startups or entrepreneurship. For those struggling with job searches, she emphasizes the importance of leveraging personal networks, including friends, family, and acquaintances, to uncover opportunities.

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What is your role and how long have you been doing it for? I'm Head of Sales and Customer Success at Ben Century. I've been there about 18 months. What do you think was the key to helping you land this role? I think hard work at my previous job. I actually worked for a previous coworker who, when he moved on to found Ben Century, he brought me on to work on his team. If you're a college student right now and you had a choice between corporate or startup internship, which would you choose? You know, it's a great question. I think both have merits and benefits. I think there's, you know, pros and cons to any choice, but I think for recent college grads, I'd actually recommend going in the corporate route because you're gonna learn the structure of corporate function, and then from there you're equipped to do anything. From there you can go to a startup, you can start your own company, the world is yours. What piece of advice would you give to students who are struggling with their job search? Think about your network. Think about everybody you know. Think about where your friends work. Think about where your family