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May 17, 2024

How to transform your sales culture

Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of AI legaltech platform Luminance, shares her top tips for building a revenue-generating machine

Eleanor Lightbody didn’t start her career with sales in mind — she didn’t even know it was a career option. Instead, she started in the marketing team at cyber security company Darktrace, where she was one of the first people in its UK office.

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Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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