Biggest Challenges Faced by a Head of Academic Sales Strategies at BoodleBox.ai
As Head of Academic Sales Strategies at a startup, Zach finds the biggest challenge to be time management due to the lack of structure and oversight in a remote work environment, stating "the only thing that moves us forward is me moving forward." A key learning has been task prioritization and anticipating future needs, though acknowledges that the freedom and responsibility can be difficult to balance when "you wanna do everything at one time."
Time Management, Task Prioritization, Remote Work, Self-Motivation, Startup Environment
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Zach Kinzler
Head of Academic Sales Strategies
BoodleBox.ai
University of San Diego
Master of Science in Business Analytics
Engineering - Industrial
Education, Technology
Sales and Client Management
Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Time management is a significant challenge, especially in a startup environment with less structure and oversight.
2. Task prioritization is crucial when working independently, requiring the ability to discern what needs immediate attention.
3. Anticipating future questions and proactively addressing them is a key skill learned over time.
Transcript
Q6: Biggest challenge – role
For sure. Time management is the biggest thing when you're working at a startup. I don't have a whole lot of structure.
I have a lot of responsibility, but no one really checks on me. If I didn't want to do anything, I could go five days without talking to anyone in my company. I work completely remote, so no one really checks in.
The only thing that moves us forward is me moving forward, and that's hard sometimes because you want to do everything at once. So, time management and task prioritization are really top.
It's also what I've learned the most about in the last few years: knowing what questions will be asked in the future and answering them beforehand. It's hard, though.