Sistas In Sales, Creating Community for Women of Color with Founder Chantel George

<p><strong>JB:</strong> How’d you get into sales?</p><p><strong>CG:</strong></p><p>Sales wasn’t something I went to school for</p><p>Black people in general, women of color are not involved in the tech sales industries as much as we’d like them to be. However black women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs. </p><p>Not a lack of business sense/acumen. It came from a lack of awareness and opportunity meeting them where they are at. </p><p>Caribbean family, they are adventurous, came to America looking for adventure and opportunity. That is one of the biggest things in business & sales is being confident taking a step outside yourself, taking a risk in your decisions.  I was raised in that structure. That’s how I navigated through life, that’s how I saw America and opportunities ahead of me. But that’s not everyone’s view and opinion of America or where they are. <strong>It goes to show how important mindset is. </strong></p><p><strong>I was raised to believe opportunity existed for me anywhere I go no matter what I do. I operate with a sense of positivity. </strong></p><p>I thought I wanted to be a lawyer, that didn't work, maybe drama. That didn’t work out. Hopped on Craigslist in 2013 and saw an ad for Yelp. </p><p>The mindset piece, there are ads for jobs everywhere, but if you aren’t operating with a sense of utility. I applied on a whim, just looking for something that I could manage while I was still trying to figure out what I was still really passionate about, then I got the job. </p><p>Got the job, had a one foot in, one foot out mentality. I wasn’t sure if it was for me or not. <strong>But once I got on the phone, something clicked and I was able to gamify it and make it fun.  I wasn’t totally connected to it, but it was just another version of me</strong>, and didn't see it as my natural progression to being an AE/Leader/VP. </p><p><strong>Through that work I realized I could gamify this and am actually good at this, that realization that I am GREAT at this. </strong></p><p><strong>Most of us