107- replay 004 Jeff Sermak- An Outdoor Sales Managers Fish Tales
Bio
Grew up in So CA and spent time in the Eastern Sierra.
College in Boulder, CO transferred to USC to finish degree
Lloyd wright Entrepreneurship program- Skateboard Co plastic skateboards “penny skateboards”
Fraternity ATO alpha tau omega
first exposure to the outdoors
fishing with his Dad with a “snoopy rod”, caught his first rainbow trout
Things we talked about
catalyst for getting into outdoor biz: started out in Action Sports with street league skateboarding
spent some time at Fuel TV
finished degree and was hired in Marketing at Eagle Creek
Currently National Sales Manager at Eagle Creek
Outreach committee member and ambassador with The Conservation Alliance
Daily Routine
read for 30 min or so
uses Outlook as calendar mgmt system
runs daily
Jeff’s Reading List (in no particular order)
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden
Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Getting to Yes by William Ury, and Bruce Patton
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Good to Great by Jim Collins
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer
Tribes by Seth Godin
Financial Intelligence by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
Connect with Jeff
Links
Lloyd Grief Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
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