I was a pharma promotion rep (a detailman) for 5 years before venturing on new businesses. I was assigned to two specialty hospitals One was a teaching hospital operated by the religious which I covered 4x a month. And they were difficult to cover with odd hours available for visit: after 1 pm, or 6 pm. The other was a govt run orthopedic hospital
The experience gave you persistence, self initiative, self discipline, and being goal oriented. There were sales targets and lot of planning and itinerary.
Many detailmen I knew went into business, and many were successful
I too knew that I would be successful if I went on my own.
The first venture we had was starting a savings and loan association I did not have much banking experience but I used my pharma experience: 1. to recruit and organize my team 2. to set goals and plan 3 market the bank to the public, 4. expand the offerings to the public: new loan products
and thinking of how to make the residents wealthy by saving more and giving them more income
opportunities: like going abroad, the govt agri projects
