Joe Benjamin

Founder of RevPilots.

We connect companies w/vetted full time sales talent and other GTM roles.

B2B sales, startups, hiring, recruiting.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

Are you a startup founder who can build a product but lacks the confidence to go out & sell it?

Are you afraid to "bother" potential customers & fail when you do get a chance to talk to them?

Or you simply don't know where to start with B2B sales?

I have your solution...
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[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@jayyeh Lucky Charlie. Newer Pizza place. Uses one of the oldest coal fired ovens in US.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

He can always get more. There’s no first round picks the next two years and most of the extra picks are round 5 or later. The prospect pool is one of the worst in the league. Rare opportunity to add. Greer was getting way more than a 5th. Classic deadline overpay candidate

Zito is amazing but he should have traded him.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@Mandoman12 @FriedgeHNIC This team has limited draft picks and prospects. He could have gone to a playoff contender and raised his value more. The picks/prospects could be used for future trades/deadline acquisitions.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@theos45 @Mandoman12 @FriedgeHNIC He did shop him. He decided to keep him instead of taking whatever he could get. He made a mistake. Zito rarely makes mistakes. He will walk for nothing.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@theos45 @Mandoman12 @FriedgeHNIC Do you think Greer didn’t have any suitors? Petry got a 7th. There was def demand for him.

Zito may have thought he would resign for cheap or wanted to keep him in the lineup for team culture reasons.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@theos45 @Mandoman12 @FriedgeHNIC I doubt it. Greer would have got at least a second round pick but even if it was less than that, walking for nothing is the worst outcome.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

Idk about most possible nyc but I’ll give you some suggestions with a mix

-red hook for day (red hook tavern, get burger)
-governors island for day
-Yankees/mets game or Coney Island and go to their minor league game and Coney Island
-queens night market
-tenement museum + Katz’s
-food - depends what you want but I can give recs
-comedy cellar or go to Bushwick where they have shows in basements
-hit up Brighton beach for Eastern European and central Asian food
-Bronx - Arthur Ave for little Italy

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

I had this happen recently with a public company client. Got very lucky with elite talent. Mostly great timing. HR was like we need to see more people but candidate had another offer and wasn’t going to wait. I texted EVP. EVP told them to stand down. They made offer and it was accepted.

I am working with a CEO now who booted HR team from the process. “They are too slow, we’ll get this done faster without them.”

With that said, there are some HR teams that are amazing. I have one that works around the clock and moves things along so quickly.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@sabresource1 He reminds me of Pastrnak

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@Scott_R_A @JFreshHockey Strong forecheck, lots of shots, good defense/aggressive. Main difference is Carolina lacks high end offensive talent. Good depth on both teams

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

I'm pretty optimistic about Montreal's future but they're also the most overhyped team. We've seen this story before.

They need to start moving prospects for proven NHL talent with size, especially down the middle and a top pair D. You can't rely on Mike Matheson to play so many minutes. Dobson is underwhelming.

They have the assets and pieces in place to build a long term contender.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@AnniesLute @SpecialPuppy1 Most. Not all.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

White collar workers were literally lining up for front line service roles. Mass layoffs.

Millions of people lost their homes.

College grads taking whatever job they could get.

Unemployment was prob close to 10%

If you think it’s bad now it can get so much worse

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

If you have no skills. For tech: Sdr/BDR at tech company for 1-2 years - 100k total comp or more in year 2

Get promoted to AE. Work for 1-2 years 125- 200k total comp

Change jobs. Get hired at place that sells to mid market and enterprise companies. Work for 2-3 years at this company or stay if you can get into enterprise ae role

Change jobs to get to enterprise ae. 3 years. If you’re good you should be breaking 300k, 400k is within reach. Sometimes more with a little luck.

Alternatively, sell windows, roofing, or building materials for high quality commission only companies that have a ton of inbound leads. I know people making 3-600k doing this. But this lacks pReStiGe

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

Bucco’s guide to making $400k+:

So, your dumb ass has been lucky enough to stumble into making a 1% salary. Congratulations, you’re at the doorstop of generational wealth (or early retirement). Here’s how to not fuck it up

1. Assume this isn’t permanent: The first thing you need to recognize is most people don’t keep their 1% salaries. There’s a lot of luck, and variable comp, that usually goes into that kind of paycheck. So have some humility and live like it ain’t permanent, because it usually ain’t. Which brings me to point #2

2. Live below your means: Most people who start making fat paychecks start racking up fat credit card bills. But if you follow my first rule you won’t do that. At least for the first 3 years you will live like you aren’t making a lot of money. You will save. A lot. This is a gift to future you

3. Take care of yourself: If you are making this much you are usually working very hard. So take care of yourself. Invest in your brain and your body and your health. It is a marathon, not a sprint, as they say. And one of the reasons people don’t maintain their high paychecks is because they burn out

4. Pay it forward: Fate has smiled on you. You are not only obligated to pay it forward, but it is the right thing to do. One day you may experience something bad, unlucky, and catastrophic. People will remember that you did not neglect others while it was your moment in the sun and they will come to your support. Be kind, especially when you don’t need to

5. Maintain perspective: You are not better than anyone because you make a lot of money. There are many ways to be rich. Be sure that you stay humble, and continue to invest in your friends, families, relationships and health. Or you might one day find yourself with a full bank account and an empty life

Follow these rules and I assure you that the odds of living a prosperous life will tip heavily in your favor

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@staysaasy Good advice

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@TheRealEstateG6 People like this person were likely overpaid.

However, there are lots of companies that want to pay top dollar but can’t find employees who are worth it.

You can still make great money as a corporate employee but now you actually have to work and develop skills.

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

You can find great talent but you need to pay them more, upgrade them from their current role, and or take a chance on people with potential.

There are plenty of people with agency who will do good work. We find them all the time.

Most people are not good but with a little effort and the right offer you can get them.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

This is the case in many industries now I think

The quality of people's work is so low that you just simply can't hire for most things anymore, hiring is a net negative because you pay people to do the things you want them to do but they will do them wrong

So hiring now is kinda like doing charity work because all you do is pay people lots of money + lots of tax, and then all you do is teach people stuff (training) but then when they're good they just leave anyway

But then at the same time AI isn't good enough to do most of these human things well (yet)

[Joe Benjamin @JoeBenjamin_]

@kamilrextin People who have intentionally built large social media followings tend to more often than not be pretty shit employees.