TS, sales & marketing is the "spring of life" for the business. Without sales/revenue, no business will survive. Regardless of whether a small, medium, or big entity, if you pay close attention to it, you will notice all the business owners put a lot of weight on their sales & marketing team. Those who set up their own businesses normally were from sales & marketing before they ventured into their own business (they already knew how to secure sales orders on an irregular basis before they decided to go full-fledged).

You should not continue to limit yourself to technical roles only if you have the intention to start your own business. The trick to sales & marketing (networking) is that you do not have to meet everyone; you just need to stick to a few super networkers who can link to other contacts/resources. Stick to these few high-performing networkers; you can leverage their networking.

Whether these few super networkers are willing to allow you to access their "world" depends on what value you can bring to them. If they think you have the value they want, they will "utilize" you. If you do not have the "value" they want, you will not have the access to their world.

Until you build your network or start to learn how to build your network, it is safer to stay put first at the moment. If you can afford to burnt the 50k as learning, no harm to gain the hard experience through the market force.

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Be forewarned, you will meet a number of conmen while attempting to do networking. It is part and parcel of the learning. These conmen will try to exploit your desire to start a business/become a business owner. After a few rounds of banging on the wall, you will be able to distinguish them easily.

This post has been edited by nihility: Feb 26 2025, 02:56 PM