Start your sales career before you graduate.
Abstrakt is a partner company of the Inside Sales Lab at Mizzou's Trulaske College of Business, where students intern while doing real inside sales work on campus.
Real calls, real pipeline, between classes
The lab is an initiative of the Center for Sales and Customer Development, housed in the marketing department of the Trulaske College of Business in Cornell Hall. Its mission, in the university's words: to expose students to internship opportunities with corporate partners while engaging in real-time inside sales activities.
Abstrakt is one of the lab's partner companies. Interns learn the same prospecting work our SDRs do every day: researching accounts, reaching decision-makers and booking qualified meetings.
“Abstrakt was only my second job after graduating from Mizzou, and I've been here for over 12 years. I started as an entry-level Sales Development Rep with no sales background and limited business experience. Today, I'm proud to serve as an Executive Vice President. This is the kind of place where hard work, curiosity, and drive can take you further than you ever imagined.”
Where an internship can lead
Most careers here start as a Sales Development Representative, and 90% of higher-level roles are filled from within.
- 01
SDR
Begin your journey becoming a B2B expert and building your sales knowledge.
- 02
Assistant Manager
Take your skills to the next level and share your secrets with a team as you step toward management.
- 03
Manager
Move into account or sales management, depending on your department.
- 04
Director
For proven leaders ready to scale impact, mentor emerging managers and partner with executive leadership to fuel growth.
- 05
VP
It's common for someone to go from SDR to VP over their tenure here. We hire internally and invest in our team members.
Program description from the University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business, Inside Sales Lab.
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