Weather the storm - Rusty Jensen, VP of Business Development Nice inContact
Episode description
Ep 112 - Entrepreneurial Mindset to Corporate Executive with Rusty Jensen
Going through painful growth lessons, “failing” in business, losing over $100k in investment resources Rusty Jenson learned to make himself dynamic in the corporate world.
Today’s episode of the Knucklehead Podcast shares the story behind Nice inContact Executive, Rusty Jensen. How his strong leadership and participation lead him from being a sales developer to Executive level, what knucklehead moment gave him the grit and skills to transform a company, and why losing an opportunity is a great head start to success.
Rusty Jensen is the VP of Revenue Generation for Direct and Indirect Channels at NICE inContact. He is responsible for all pipeline generation activities both direct and indirect channels and oversees the channel and sales development organizations for all of North America.
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Favorite Quote:
“What I learned really quickly is I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to do it, and I failed. I borrowed $100,000 and invested it with other people and I use the rest to try to build my business. I lost all of that money, but I felt that I had ruined my life.” -Rusty Jensen
In this episode:
3:08 - Diving deeper into the role of Rusty Jensen in the business industry
4:03 - Knowing the young Rusty before entering the corporate world
6:36 - His first knucklehead moment as an entrepreneur
10:15 - How he responded from the first blow of failure
11:05 - What he learned about risk from his experience
12:21 - Rusty’s remarkable approach in the decision-making process
17:21 - How he developed his perspective of identifying small-cap growth market
21:29 - The roles and learning process he carried in his company
24:11- The hallmark of a good leader
25:45 - What dynamic people can do to build a vigorous enterprise
27:53 - Finding a balance between passion for business and relationship with peers and employees
31:46 - His last piece of advice in finding success
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