Jake Cortez - From Cells To Sales

Building The Brand - Episode 007 - Jake Cortez - From Cells To Sales

Hosted by multiple iTunes Top 10 podcaster James Burtt, Building The Brand is in-depth conversations with the entrepreneurs, founders, marketing and brand experts, PR specialists, CEO’s and CMO’s who have built some of the countries most successful companies and brands.

This week on the show we have multi-industry sales expert Jake Cortez who shares his amazing journey from speaking half his adult life in jail to inspiring positive change in others and building successful organisations.

In this show Jake shares:
* How he was jailed for manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years
* How jail actually operates
* How a primal environment creates a survival instinct
* His vision of the man he wanted to become
* What changed when he removed temporary gratification to focus on permanent satisfaction
* How he was selling over the phone while still on day release and created $50,000 in sales
* Why he focused on the growth of his skills in sales and marketing operation as he couldn’t work with items that needed licences due to his criminal past
* How he went from solitary confinement to developing businesses
* He shares some keys to being great at sales
* His vision for want to help prisoners

The mission of our show is create a sense of inspiration and aspiration for our community of likeminded go-getters who are the influencers, innovators, creators, makers, builders, crafters and doers who form the next big wave of entrepreneurial success, so Jake’s mindset and skillset - which has been crafted in the toughest of environments really is a testament to the man he has become and there is a big lesson in making a decision and committing to it that we can all learn from this show.

Watch Jake’s amazing Ted X keynote talk HERE 

and find out more about Jake’s new prisoner empowerment project www.mindhackhabits.com