Peak Performance Selling

Bootstrapping Success: Navigating the Journey of Sustainable Sales Growth with Jackie Hermes

Episode Summary

In this episode of Peak Performance Selling Podcast, host Jordan Benjamin interviews Jackie Hermes, the CEO of Excellity, an agency supporting SaaS startups. Jackie shares her journey as an entrepreneur, discussing the challenges, pivotal moments, and the strategies she employed in navigating the world of sales, women's entrepreneurship, and the nuances of running a bootstrapped company. The conversation delves into her personal experiences, the trials of financial stress, and the resilience required to achieve sustainable growth in the competitive landscape. PEAK PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS QUOTES "I'm still reshaping my mind constantly as we all are and should be." "You have to sell and use that money to fund your growth... It's very, very difficult to grow a bootstrap company because you don't have any money." "People aren't always necessarily proud of the rate at which they grow when bootstrapping... I've built a couple million dollar company. I should be proud of that." "Thankfully, I go to therapy. I do a lot of my own self-work and mindset work... It's the cycle of recovering from this stuff and it gets faster and faster the more you learn." You can connect with Jackie Hermes through the link below. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes/ If you’re listening to the Peak Performance Selling Podcast, please subscribe, share, and send us your feedback. Jordan Benjamin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbenjamin/ MyCoreOs.com: http://mycoreos.com/ Podcast: https://www.mycoreos.com/podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbenj09

Episode Notes

In this episode of Peak Performance Selling Podcast, host Jordan Benjamin interviews Jackie Hermes, the CEO of Excellity, an agency supporting SaaS startups. Jackie shares her journey as an entrepreneur, discussing the challenges, pivotal moments, and the strategies she employed in navigating the world of sales, women's entrepreneurship, and the nuances of running a bootstrapped company. The conversation delves into her personal experiences, the trials of financial stress, and the resilience required to achieve sustainable growth in the competitive landscape.

PEAK PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS QUOTES

• "I'm still reshaping my mind constantly as we all are and should be."
• "You have to sell and use that money to fund your growth... It's very, very difficult to grow a bootstrap company because you don't have any money."
• "People aren't always necessarily proud of the rate at which they grow when bootstrapping... I've built a couple million dollar company. I should be proud of that."
• "Thankfully, I go to therapy. I do a lot of my own self-work and mindset work... It's the cycle of recovering from this stuff and it gets faster and faster the more you learn."

You can connect with Jackie Hermes through the link below.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes/

If you’re listening to the Peak Performance Selling Podcast, please subscribe, share, and send us your feedback. 

Jordan Benjamin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbenjamin/
MyCoreOs.com: http://mycoreos.com/
Podcast: https://www.mycoreos.com/podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbenj09