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Jon McNeill

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
610 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And he said, I looked at the system, you're not flying.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I have no idea.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I said, okay, tell me how many people have gotten a test drive in the last 30 days that haven't been called back.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

So he cranks through the CRM and he comes back and says 9,000.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I'm like, 9,000, you're going to make your quarter if you just call these people.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I said, okay, look, this problem has to get solved now.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

So I'm kind of in CEO mode.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I'm like, this problem has to get solved now.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Can you cut off any new leads to salespeople?

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

Until they call all their previous test drives back.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

He's like, yeah, I can block that in the system.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

I said, okay, do it.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

He's like, great.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

It'll be done in two hours globally.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

There was an incentive problem, but there was also a profile problem.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

We were hiring people that didn't know how to ask for the sale, and that was the root cause.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

So when you forced them to, then stuff started moving.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

So I talked to the guy the next day.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

He's like, I already have the results out of Asia and Europe, and sales are flying.

My First Million
Ex-Tesla President: The Unconventional Ideas Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth

And I said, no surprise.