Sales and Sports

Send us Fan Mail 🚀 From University in London to Dubai: Aziz's Tech Sales Journey! Aziz went from studying at UCL to landing a tech sales job in Dubai, and it all started with Entr Tech. In this episode, he breaks down my journey—how he got into SaaS sales, what it’s like working in Dubai’s booming tech scene, and the key lessons he learnt along the way. 💡 In This Episode: ✅ How he transiti...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Chumsi, who moved from Zambia to London at a young age and later made a life-changing career switch into tech sales—with no prior experience! Thanks to our Tech Sales Bootcamp, he landed a high-paying role that opened doors to financial freedom and global travel opportunities. In this episode, we cover: ✅ Chumsi’s journey from Zambia to London and his career transition ✅ Ho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Sales & Sports Podcast, we sit down with Rana Phull, who made an incredible career transition from serving in the Metropolitan Police to becoming the highest-performing Sales Development Representative (SDR) globally within a year earning over £60k in 12 months. Rana shares his story of how he used transferable skills—from negotiating with the general pu...

Send us Fan Mail From Uni Graduate to Tech Sales promotions via Entr Tech accredited Bootcamp: Meet Jose Trajano, a Business Development Executive crushing it in the FinTech space! 🚀  Jose shares his inspiring journey from struggling in school to thriving in tech sales, breaking into the industry through the EnterTech program. 🎯  Learn how he landed his first SDR role, overcame challenges, and a...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to pivot your career into one of the most lucrative industries of 2025? 🚀  In this episode, Hanish Chavda shares how he transitioned from an accounting degree to thriving in a remote tech sales role going beyond a traditional sales development role into a closing position. 📊 Learn how he used his financial background to crush it in startups, land high-paying roles, and bui...

Send us Fan Mail Chelsea fans will enjoy this one! Tune in as we cover all things football and Guleed's journey working in London's most exciting start-ups. Discover how he went from being a warehouse worker after dropping out of university to transforming his life through our Tech Sales Bootcamp.  Gulled managed to double his earnings and now thrives at one of London’s most dynamic fint...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how to transition from working at a company like Vodafone into a thriving career in B2B software sales? In this episode, we chat with a former Vodafone employee who made the leap into tech sales with the help of Entr Tech’s Sales Bootcamp. Discover the challenges, skills, and strategies they used to succeed and how you can follow the same path. Whether you’re current...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for episode 2 of season 3 where we sit down with Charlotte Preko! Another Entr Tech graduate with an inspirational story, Charlotte worked in Waitrose for 17 years before moving into SaaS Sales. As a young mother she talks about finding work-life balance in Tech Sales and her journey from education and acting, having appeared in shows like East Enders. Stay tuned for this...

Send us Fan Mail After a small hiatus we are back for Season 3 of the Sales and Sports podcast. Kicking off the new series is Adam Young, who is currently working as a Sales Development Representative at Cision. Career switchers will enjoy listening to this one, and Adam's story really drives home the message that you do not need a degree or prior tech experience to work in software sales as...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to hear about Charlotte's journey (one of our alumni's) from the Entr Tech Academy, how she broke into Tech Sales from working in retail at Waitrose for over a decade. An inspirational story, so stay tuned if you're considering switching careers or a parent looking to transition into the Tech industry!

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we listen to David's story from studying software at Brunel University to landing his first full-time job as a translator, before finally breaking into Tech Sales with Entr Tech. A really inspiring episode for those considering options within the Tech industry or any other career switchers out there! #careerchange #sdr #salesdevelopment #techsales #earlycareers #ca...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to hear from a two-time tech founder who has scaled two multi-million pound businesses. In this conversation with Roei we touch upon early careers, entrepreneurship and the secrets of finding success in business and life.   #tech #business #sport #entrprenuership #sales

Send us Fan Mail For episode 3 we have our first-ever tech founder on Sales & Sports, Nick Telson. S&S was created to share insights from the world of tech, sales, business, entrepreneurship and sports so we're excited to share this one with those who are interested in start-ups and entrepreneurship. Nick is a x2 time tech start-up founder having achieved a successful exit selling Des...

Send us Fan Mail **RE-uploading as the first upload cut off 15 mins** tune in for the full episode! We're back with episode 2 of season 2! Loved sitting down with Mike, nearly 16 months since he came through the Entr Tech Academy, which was our first official cohort in the spring of 2022. He has an inspirational story which will resonate with a lot of people who are considering a career chang...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with episode 2 of season 2! Loved sitting down with Mike, nearly 16 months since he came through the Entr Tech Academy, which was our first official cohort in the spring of 2022. He has an inspirational story which will resonate with a lot of people who are considering a career change, or have a strong work ethic but desire a more financially fulfilling tech career...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with a bang, kicking off the New Year with our second season of Sales & Sports with the brilliant Hayley Bailey!  Hayley is truly a superstar and it has been great to see her explode onto the Tech Sales scene, now creating waves as a Sales Development Representative at Deel.  Listen in to hear about her journey from university to parenthood, to following entreprene...

Send us Fan Mail For our latest episode we are joined by one of our alumni superstars, Trinity Russell! After graduating from our June cohort in 2022, Trinity’s career has gone from strength to strength. Tune in to hear about her experience breaking into the tech career via Entr Tech, and how she’s managed to navigate the SDR role and build a solid foundation for her career moving forwards.  We al...

Send us Fan Mail For our latest episode, we had Matt Betty join us on the Sales & Sports podcast. Matt is an ex-professional rugby player having come through the renowned Hartpury College & Gloucester Academy. After playing for Ireland under 20's  & club rugby for Gloucester & London Irish, Matt made the transition into software sales. Listen in to hear about the journey that...

Send us Fan Mail For our latest episode, we had Mitch Omer joining us from Trust Kieth. Mitch talks about his early career experiences and path into the workforce straight out of college. We also discussed his time working within larger corporates to where he is today, running the sales team at a fast-paced start-up.   A good listen for those of you that enjoy Tech, Sales & Sports in any order...

Send us Fan Mail For our latest episode we had one of our 2022 graduates, Ayub Ali join us on the S&S podcast.  Ayub talks about his transition into tech sales from university via Entr Tech, and how his sales learnings on the Entr Tech Academy have given him the skills needed to launch his own business and start his journey as an entrepreneur.  Please do like & subscribe if you found the e...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have a very special episode with one of our own Entr Tech alumni's joining us - Shajed Rhamen. Shajed shares his story of how he managed to switch careers and kick-start a career in tech sales via our academy programme. If you're interested in what it's like to work within a fast-paced tech start-up, this one's for you!  Please do like & subscr...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features Roman Thompson, who heads up the EMEA sales development function at Data Bricks. We spoke about the crossovers between sales & sports, his personal journey into the Tech industry and his fast progression into management, where he now leads a team of talented individuals across EMEA. Please do like & subscribe and share with a friend. You c...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Ade Akinlabi who is currently a Global Sales Director at Byte Plus which is the parent company of the popular video platform TikTok.   We spoke about many topics including her experiences working across different countries, languages and firms. If you are actively looking to 'enter' the industry Ade also offers some practical advice for those cu...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Osama Zaghloul who is currently a Business Development Manager at Oracle and is leading a team of BDR's across  EMEA.    We spoke about many topics including his journey into tech sales after nearly 6 years in banking with HSBC! Osama offers some great advice for those looking to 'enter' the Tech industry and succeed within the SDR role.  ...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Ryland Davies who is currently a Business Development Manager at Hubspot and is leading a team of BDR's across  EMEA.    We spoke about many topics including Ryland's journey into tech sales and the many crossovers between the sport of golf and sales.    Please do like & subscribe if you found the episode interesting, the link to connect wit...