How Selling Knives in College Inspired My Business Today

The Katie Lance Podcast · Apr 5, 2019 · 20m

This podcast is the back-story (going back to the 90’s) where I first fell in love with sales and marketing. Back in 1995 I was a student at Cal State Long Beach looking for a job to earn some extra money and gain some real-world marketing experience. I answered a tiny newspaper ad that led me on an eight-year journey working with Vector Marketing selling CUTCO Cutlery. Yep, I was selling knives! I worked my way up in the company to become a top sales rep and manager in multiple places (one of them in Honolulu!) This was all before the internet, email and social media. This experience…