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39 minutes of Shark Tank for 39 years of life

John Garvens

February 15, 2024

On February 3, I turned 39. To celebrate, I did 39 minutes of “Shark Tank” at Freeport Martial Arts, my jiu-jitsu academy. Shark Tank,…

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I finished the first draft of my book

John Garvens

April 22, 2023

This week, after spending 10 months choosing a topic, four months outlining, and more than two years writing, I finished the first draft of…

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Leveraging your non-traditional background in your Salesforce career

John Garvens

October 17, 2021

Most of us did not start our careers in the Salesforce ecosystem. Some of us began Salesforce careers as a natural outflow of an…

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