Satellite success stories

Many parents leave their careers behind to raise their children. While being a stay-at-home parent may be the most important job you’ll ever do, it certainly doesn’t need to be the last. Learn how Satellite Certified Talent, Doris, reentered the workforce and successfully launched her sales career.

After college Michael was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma working as an account executive for an electric vehicle charging station company. He liked the company and enjoyed his colleagues, but felt stuck from a career and income growth perspective.

Making a career change can be a big and difficult decision, especially when you’ve invested significant time into your current path. Learn how Satellite Talent, Dan, faced this turning point and successfully changed his professional trajectory by launching a career in sales.

SDR (sales development representative) continues to top the list as one of the most in-demand roles in the business world, which is good news for talented professionals looking to break into a lucrative sales career. But, what exactly is an SDR? What do they do? How much do they make and how can I get promoted once I become one? Gain answers to those questions and more from real-life sales professional, Caitlyn Wright, a former classroom teacher who increased her annual income by 300% in just nine months after launching her SDR career with the Satellite Career Accelerator.

EdSights is helping higher education improve student dropout rates by bolstering student engagement and support through AI-powered chatbots. Co-founders (and sisters) Claudia Recchi and Carolina Recchi started the company in 2017 and successfully raised Series A funding in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a surge in demand. Satellite helped them grow.

A lot of careful consideration and thought goes into deciding what hiring partners we want to work with. We don’t simply take any company that is hiring sales or business development representatives. Get to know one of these special hiring partners, Nayya with this Q+A!

It’s one thing to decide that you’re ready for a change in careers, but actually making that change is a whole other thing altogether. Learn how one woman decided to launch her sales career by leveraging a sales training program and what her sales career journey has looked like.

Firstbase’s Vice President of Sales, Adam Long generously took time to chat with Satellite about the future of remote work, what he looks for in an SDR candidate, and the flexibility of core sales skills.

There’s so many places to go, professionally speaking, once you’ve developed a set of core sales skills: more senior sales roles, marketing, and accounts, just to name a few of the possibilities. Recent Satellite alum Dillon Brown is an example of just how flexible a sales foundation can be — and not only in the long term.

Christina will always hold a very special place in the Satellite community. A member of our first cohort, she was also the first Satellite graduate and the first alum to be placed in an exciting sales role at a tech company. These days, she’s quite busy crushing her quota as a business development representative at Firstbase, but she’s still deeply connected to Satellite and has inspired many of the students who followed in her footsteps. Read on to learn more about her professional path before and after Satellite. A career in education — and a life-changing battle with breast cancer.