85% of customers are US-based: sales veteran blames weak Asia sales on 'not drinking enough'
dylan522p · x · 2026-09-02
dylan522p shares an anecdote: despite 40% of his team being Asia-based, 85% of customers are US-based. A candidate for a sales lead role quipped: "The reason you fail to sell in Japan, Korea, China is because you young kids don't drink enough" — a counterintuitive take on cross-cultural sales.
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