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Mar 2019
5m 36s

Learn to Sell, Learn to Build

Naval
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Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable. 

• Learn to sell, learn to build 0:00

• The Silicon Valley model is a builder and seller 1:07

• If you can do both you will be unstoppable 1:52

• I'd rather teach an engineer marketing than a marketer engineering 2:48

• Building is better when you're starting out, sales scales better over time 4:33

Transcript: http://nav.al/build-sell

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