Sell, sell, sell.

This vending machine isn't working.

But this is, of course, an optimistic scenario. Let's think of other scenarios.

That's strange.

And their value proposition, as even they realized later, was pretty unclear.

So don't cry anymore, okay?

Sold

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What do you sell?

Caine spent summer vacation coming to work with me.

I had to break a machine open.

The vending machines are over there.

I thought maybe I'd get somebody something.

In a physical channel, a direct sales force are sales people that work for you directly and typically sell directly to the end user.

We call it a select opportunity .

This vending machine is out of order.

(Laughter)

So now they're in it together.

And when all this became clear to me,

He's like, you know what, we have to match his prices.

And the reason why they're the sell side is because they're always selling you stuff.

Where is there a soft drink vending machine?

But this time, we have resellers and the resellers don't work for us.

My dad sells tractors.

Startup founders look at that curve and say, Look!

So the first thing when you sell a widget is you make it and you just sell it.

This is the PC guy over here.

This vending machine won't accept 500 yen coins.

And then the next question, obviously, is who are they selling ads to?

I'm a salesperson.

Our liquor license!

What's so awesome about a queensize futon sale?

This guy is a Bible salesman.

Fast forward more than two decades

Right?

You know, the average grocery store today offers you 45,000 products.

Okay.

This is a phone call conversation from a car dealership from 27 minutes ago.

100 vendors were co located adjacent to the plant, and innovative business models for automobile dealerships were developed.

And that's better than what you get out of treasury bonds.

So that's what sell side means.

October is inventory time.

Anything from the trolley?

Cell phone salesman.

He could also be a Bible salesman.