Power to Sell

In season five of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students are exploring the theme dorm room to boardroom. In our second episode of Fall Semester 2024 (episode 28), students got the chance to visit NDSU Alumni Brent Boucher, the Senior VP of Americas for Solventum.  Brent shared his career journey in the medical device industry and how his time at NDSU helped prepare him.  Brent discusse...

In season five of the Power to Sell Podcast, a theme our NDSU Sales students are exploring is going from the dorm room to the boardroom. In our first episode of Fall Semester 2024 (episode 27), students sat down with Darrin Peterson, the President of Marvin Windows! In addition to starting at the company mowing lawns in the summer of 1986, Darrin is now the first non-Marvin family member to serve...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students continue to explore multiple themes and visit with sales leaders and executives from various industries. In the final episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 26), students sat down with Matt Berseth, co-founder and Chief Information Officer, and Robert Thomas (R3), Sales Manager of NLP Logix, a data analytics and artificial inte...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, one theme our NDSU Sales students are exploring is the business of sports and how sales skills are used in sports. In our sixth episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 25), students sat down with Alan Fish, the VP of Global Business Development for the PGA Tour! Alan shared his unique career journey of becoming an ‘accidental’ sales professional! He hi...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, one theme our NDSU Sales students are exploring is the business of sports and how sales skills are used in sports. In our fifth episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 24), students sat down with two NFL sports agents from Team IFA, John Waller and Jackson Magnini. John and Jackson shared their unique career journeys and highlighted the importance of r...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, one theme our NDSU Sales students are exploring is the business of sports and how sales skills are used in sports. In our fourth episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 23), students sat down with the Athletic Director of North Dakota State University, Matt Larsen. Matt shared his career journey to Fargo, ND, and highlighted the importance of teamwork...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students continue to explore multiple themes and visit with sales leaders and executives from various industries. In this episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 22), students sat down with Carl Peterson, the President of Peterson Farms Seed. Carl shared his career journey as a third-generation farmer and founder of Peterson Farms Seed....

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students explore multiple themes and visit with sales leaders and executives from various industries. In our second episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 21), students sat down with Bison alumni Angie Volk, who has held VP of Sales positions across some of the largest medical device companies in the world, such as 3M, Boston Scientific...

In season four of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students will explore multiple themes, including the business of sports and how sales skills are used in sports. In our first episode of Spring Semester 2024 (episode 20), students traveled to Minneapolis, MN, to visit with the VP of Fan Engagement for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx, Jeff Munneke. Jeff shared his career jou...

In season three of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students have partnered with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our seventh and final episode of Fall Semester 2023 (episode 19), students visited the Microsoft Fargo campus to sit down with Corporate Vice President of America...

In season three of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students have partnered with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. Our sixth episode of Fall Semester 2023 (episode 18) is a special edition with a wrap-up to the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition (NISC). NDSU and Bryant U...

In season three of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students have partnered with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview six exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our fifth episode of Fall Semester 2023 (episode 17), students traveled to St. Louis to visit with the President and CEO of Graybar, Kathy Mazzarella. Kathy s...

In season three of the Power to Sell Podcast, our NDSU Sales students have partnered with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview six exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our fourth episode of Fall Semester 2023, students had the opportunity to visit with North Dakota-based entrepreneur Brianne Osowski. Brianne talked about the...

Season three of the Power to Sell Podcast finds our NDSU Sales students partnering with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview six exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our third episode of Fall Semester 2023, students had the opportunity to visit with the Fargo Site Leader for Microsoft, Jenny Olson. Jenny discussed the import...

Season three of the Power to Sell Podcast finds our NDSU Sales students partnering with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview six exceptional female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our second episode of Fall Semester 2023, students had the opportunity to visit with a well-known business and community leader when they sat down with Kristi H...

Season three of the Power to Sell Podcast finds our NDSU Sales students partnering with the NDSU Women in Business organization to interview six amazing female leaders, executives, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, or community leaders. In our first episode of Fall Semester 2023, students continued our theme of 'everybody sells' by sitting down Monni Nyaribo, who was recently crowned Miss No...

In our final episode of the Spring Semester, students continued our theme of 'everybody sells' by sitting down with US Congressman Kelly Armstrong. Congressman Armstrong may not see himself as a sales professional, but he knows a thing or two about the art of persuasion! The congressman discussed his journey to the US House of Representatives and many current topics. He stressed the impo...

In episode 11, students continued our theme of 'everybody sells' by sitting down with the President of North Dakota State University, Dr. David Cook. President Cook may not see himself as a sales professional, but his position requires the ability to 'sell' a vision to students, alumni, legislators, and the local community. In addition to talking about his journey and the chang...

In episode 10, we continue our theme of 'everybody sells' by exploring another career requiring sales skills! Real estate development might be something few college students know about, but this guest sure does. Listen as students interview Todd Berning, President and owner of EPIC Companies and Spicy Pie Pizza. Although Todd may not see himself as a sales professional, it's clear t...

In episode nine, we continue our theme of 'everybody sells' by exploring another career requiring sales skills! Have your sales skills prepared you for the life of James Bond or Jack Ryan? Listen as students interview William Cromarty, a former United States Federal Government Intelligence Officer. William drew several correlations between his previous career and the sales profession. He...

In season two, we dive into the theme 'everybody sells!' Our guests are NOT sales professionals but must be persuasive, build trust, and understand people. In our second episode of season two, students interview Jory Collins, the Head Women's Basketball Coach at North Dakota State University. Jory talked about the importance of transparency and building trust with his team. Jory sha...

In season two, we dive into the theme 'everybody sells!' Our guests are NOT sales professionals but need to be persuasive, build trust, and understand people. In our first episode of season two, students interview Luke Heck, a criminal defense attorney with the Vogel Law firm. Luke shared some great thoughts and experiences from an industry that most don't know outside of television...

In our sixth and final episode of season one, students interviewed Shannon Full, the President of the Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo Chamber of Commerce.  Shannon shared some great stories and experiences, including simply sharing what the Chamber is and does in a community.  Shannon had a lot of great advice, including how collaboration, having a great mentor, and being a little fearless has helped...

In our fifth episode, Matt Bitzegaio visited the campus of North Dakota State University. Matt is the founder of DonorDock, a software company focused on helping nonprofits enhance their fundraising with powerful, easy-to-use tools. Matt shared many experiences that have gotten him to where he is today and talked about the importance of identifying and solving problems to deliver value to his cust...

In this episode, Missy Heilman visits the campus of North Dakota State University to share her story.  Missy is the Founder and Executive Director of BIO Girls; a nonprofit focused on ending the self-esteem crisis in adolescent girls.  Missy visited with students about the importance of fearlessness, having an abundance mindset, and faith.