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 quit, and 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
18338 Las Cumbres Road
Los Gatos, CA 95033
408-395-8183
Fax: 408-395-0813
jim@carpedata.com