As anyone who has ever used JOBZ! can tell you, the software was designed by someone who sold printing. That would be me, Jim Taylor. I sold printing in Silicon Valley for many years, much of that time as a remote rep for a company headquartered in another state. Many of my customers were computer and software companies, so it was natural that I would see if their products could help me with my job. As anyone who has ever been a remote rep can tell you, communications can be a real problem. I started using email before there was an Internet. I graduated from word processing to database software in 1990. I started to share the software with my fellow sales reps. Eventually I became a regional VP of Sales, and we made the program do some management duties. It kept getting more and more capable as I learned how to program better. It became the standard of the company's national sales force.
Gradually it became apparent that I enjoyed developing the
software and sharing it with others more than selling
printing and being a sales manager. I wondered, can I turn
this passion into a business? There are a lot of printing
companies out there, thousands of sales reps, and none of
them have anything like this. So I did it, back in late
1996, I started Carpe Data. I have never
regretted that decision.
The company I worked for then is one of my best customers
today, and I spend my time doing what I love- improving the
software, and teaching sales reps and managers how to use
it. I'd be happy to show it to you.
Jim Taylor
Carpe Data
jim@carpedata.com