Author Archives: nicolasjsosa

Wow! This semester flew by. I have learned a great deal about myself through this course. I would recommend this course with this professor 10/10 times. I found my true priorities and value in the business world through the last 3 months. If I could tie it all up and tell you the most importantContinue reading “Final Post”

I have found the most success through other peoples experience. Learning about peoples losses and wins have helped me so much in this road to my career goals. Recently I had an eye opening experience with my mentor. His name is Kyle and he has worked for some big companies in sales. I was inContinue reading “Road to Success”

I learn such great things at work. As I started my first week of calling on prospects at my new job, I had a tough time connecting with people and having a solid conversation. I asked my co-workers for advice and got a few tips aligned with this weeks topics. I talked to a BDRContinue reading “What am I selling?”

A few weeks ago I had a tough experience with choosing between my family and work. My manager called me into the office one day to talk to me. He said he needed me to go to a conference in Las Vegas. I said sure! I asked him what were the dates. The dates forContinue reading “CTR”

I really enjoyed the License to Pursue Dreams video in this weeks study material. I had an experience at work that Illustrated some of the things in this video. About 2 weeks ago we came out with a new website and rebranded. The marketing team did a great job and the site looked great! WeContinue reading “Open Work Space”

A few years back I was looking for work. A buddy of mine mentioned that he worked a great place and he loved the environment. He said it was very relaxed and didn’t care too much about how hard we worked. Right off the bat I already saw a red flag but I decided toContinue reading “Absent Boss”

As mentioned in my discussion boards, my biggest challenge that I foresee with starting a business is managing the employee relationships to establish good structure within the company. I believe that a company without good structure to it, is one that is bound to fail. You have to find people with passion, drive, a optimisticContinue reading “Overcoming Challenges”

Growing up my family did not have a lot of money. My father didn’t have his residency in the states so he was making the bare minimum. I remember in the year 2002 in New Jersey, we didn’t have money to buy our own Christmas gifts. On Christmas Eve we got a knock on theContinue reading “Passion Vs Money”

Do I work for money or do I work for my family? These last few months have been great but also stressful. As mentioned in previous posts, I wrapped up my internship at IBM and received an offer. After my internship I couldn’t wait to hear what my offer was. Role, location and salary wereContinue reading “What do I work for?”

I often ask myself, why do I want to make so much money? A few years ago I thought, oh man I hope when I graduate I make 50k that would be awesome, I would be set for a long time. The following year I told myself ok I have a lot of experience IContinue reading “I Need to Make More”