Take over a business that has operated successfully for decades. Let the sales reps go "to save money."
Don't have anyone do the work that sales reps do. Insist you can do it yourself in your spare time while managing the factory (even though you have no experience in either task.
When a "Meet the Makers" event is held to promote various products, don't bother showing up on Day One, at all. Call around noon with your regrets, and say you'll be there tomorrow. (Hint: if you hadn't fired all the sales reps, this is what one would have done. You could have stayed home)
On Day Two of "Meet the Makers" arrive two hours after the store opens. A little later, inform the store staff you're going out to a restaurant for lunch. Store manager informs you that you're here to promote your product, and competing businesses weren't invited so as to give you an advantage. You reluctantly stay.
A little while later, your wife arrives, with your four children. They don't just drop in, say 'hi' and leave, they mill around for an hour visiting Dad.
We provided beer and wine for the customers. Around 4 in the afternoon you start chugging beer. Store closes in late afternoon.
Bonus points: Walk out the door at closing. Call the next workday and ask the store staff to collect and box up your merchandise and ship it back to you.
Be so apathetic about answering emails and returning phone calls that eventually, your retail customer has to say to one of his/her customers, "I know you loved the last ___ we got you from ___. They've become so unreliable that I'm just not ordering merchandise from them any more."
Don't have anyone do the work that sales reps do. Insist you can do it yourself in your spare time while managing the factory (even though you have no experience in either task.
When a "Meet the Makers" event is held to promote various products, don't bother showing up on Day One, at all. Call around noon with your regrets, and say you'll be there tomorrow. (Hint: if you hadn't fired all the sales reps, this is what one would have done. You could have stayed home)
On Day Two of "Meet the Makers" arrive two hours after the store opens. A little later, inform the store staff you're going out to a restaurant for lunch. Store manager informs you that you're here to promote your product, and competing businesses weren't invited so as to give you an advantage. You reluctantly stay.
A little while later, your wife arrives, with your four children. They don't just drop in, say 'hi' and leave, they mill around for an hour visiting Dad.
We provided beer and wine for the customers. Around 4 in the afternoon you start chugging beer. Store closes in late afternoon.
Bonus points: Walk out the door at closing. Call the next workday and ask the store staff to collect and box up your merchandise and ship it back to you.
Be so apathetic about answering emails and returning phone calls that eventually, your retail customer has to say to one of his/her customers, "I know you loved the last ___ we got you from ___. They've become so unreliable that I'm just not ordering merchandise from them any more."
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