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The Difference Between Sales and Real Business Development 💼

Rick McPartlin Season 2 Episode 26

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In this episode of Living a Revenue Culture, Rick McPartlin and Josh Toupalik sit down with Mikey Maynard, a longtime revenue science practitioner, business development expert, and human capital strategist. 💡

Mikey shares lessons from decades in B2B leadership, including his time helping grow major technology businesses, building captive leasing models, advising companies as a fractional CRO, and coaching executives through career transitions.

The conversation explores why true business development is not the same as sales, why companies keep making costly hiring and onboarding mistakes, and how selfless leadership creates stronger people, stronger teams, and stronger revenue outcomes. 🚀

The episode also dives into business acumen, job benchmarking, people analytics, executive relationships, and the difference between chasing short-term deals and building long-term platinum-quality customers.

For business owners, executives, sales leaders, and young professionals, this episode offers a powerful look at how revenue is really created through people, trust, leadership, and disciplined business development. 🤝