# Sales and pipeline: what operators said this week

What is working in sales right now, from the people carrying the number.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/sales

> "we also sell coffee we sell handmade soaps ... we also sell them at the farmers markets ... the bundles are new ... we started doing seed bundles"
- Christopher and Maggie Snow on The Seed Farmer Podcast, 2026-10-21, at 20:39. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/bf40c18b04766836

> "I'd honestly just go to Redbook or some resource like that and just research my car and you've got to appreciate that the best value is going to be to sell the car privately but you're going to have to deal with 400 scammers on Facebook marketplace"
- John Cadogan on The Finance Garage, 2026-10-22, at 41:26. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/26c1bb8e40171ffd

> "founders come in, we're like, look, you are a success for us if you sell for at least 10x what we value you at."
- Rob Walling on Practical Founders Podcast, 2026-10-23, at 28:39. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2c08fa61bbb2d747

> "you go from selling 25 bottles to 50 bottles to 100. I mean, that 300 percent is pretty easy to get to."
- Damian Primis on Unit Economics, 2026-10-21, at 32:27. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/6081493673f8b780

> "I could have walked away with $8 million… I didn't want to sell my name."
- Samantha Wills on The Pay Off with Sylvia Jeffreys, 2026-10-21, at 6:25. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/935beb7d40b41d52

> "As of Jan 1 I came off the Management Committee, I'm still on the Investment Committee, and I won't take new board seats as we sell companies."
- James Andersen on Buyers and Builders, 2026-10-21, at 48:51. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/52c104777eca65e3

> "we did some modelling for clients recently who were pursuing a financial independence goal. We found that if they wanted to achieve their goal without needing to sell down any investments, they could both cease work at age 55."
- Paul Benson on Financial Autonomy, 2026-10-26, at 2:46. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e821038cf0c6b281

> "we're going to invent a product that sells for exactly $100. And this is actually a really good TikTok shop product because it has 70% gross margins, meeting our landed product cost is $30"
- Jordan West on The Unofficial TikTok Shop Podcast with Jordan West, 2026-10-24, at 0:48. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/0ae03f37f0910c4f

> "We partnered with a specialist in the space and we interviewed thousands of Australians, both prospective investors and existing investors."
- Mark Joachim on money money money, 2026-10-23, at 2:09. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/10ecb0d4bf1d6f55

> "you don't want to, for instance, sell Commonwealth bank shares and then buy back the exact same number... but if you're rebalancing the portfolio at the same time, then that's certainly above board"
- Paul Benson (Guidance Financial Services) on Financial Autonomy, 2026-10-21, at 4:40. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/cb85ba426c4fdb62

> "we brought some of them to sell and one of them… was a fairy tale mesquite de provence… we had to specify that if the person who bought it tried to carve it we would be disappointed"
- Christopher and Maggie Snow on The Seed Farmer Podcast, 2026-10-21, at 48:35. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/fa8e7be8ccd70367

> "I'm amazed at like how many people are like in default, they haven't made a payment on their mortgage. And we're like, do you want to sell your house?"
- Ian Slater on Real Estate Rockstars Podcast, 2026-10-23, at 10:20. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/1f702f5fa314de5a