10 Unbelievable Startup Experiences Of Greatest Entrepreneurs


Bangalore: Every big company and large enterprise was once a startup. Like every startup, the bigger companies once went through lots of trials in their early days. But however, they went on to become very successful in their ventures by overcoming all the hurdles.

Now let us look at 10 successful entrepreneurs who are talking about their startup days as compiled by Inc.

10# Gordon Segal on Salesmanship

When Gordon Segal started his venture Crate and Barrel, a furniture retailing store, he was on a mission to offer the best service to his customers. Since the line of his business engaged in, required lots of persuasion, he urged his associates to give out their best and preached that they were in the business of selling, not distribution.

“This is a business built on personality. Personality and imaginative merchandising,” Segal told his floor staff, “You’re selling a candlelit dinner by poolside, not a piece of wax on a stick. You’re selling romance, not flatware.”

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