energy really becomes clear when you
        
        
          are educated about it. Then you will take
        
        
          enough pride in it to own it and invest in
        
        
          it,” DeSota said. EthoEnergy provides this
        
        
          education through a pressure-free sales
        
        
          process, maximizing customer engage-
        
        
          ment and knowledge.
        
        
          “Earning somebody’s trust is more im-
        
        
          portant than the revenue potential of the
        
        
          sale,” DeSota said.
        
        
          With a staff base of 16 full-time employees
        
        
          and an indirect employment of about 50
        
        
          people, DeSota described his company as
        
        
          a tight-knit family. Driven teamwork, trust
        
        
          and positive criticism are achieved through
        
        
          shared goals centred on customer satis-
        
        
          faction and constant improvement. “One
        
        
          hundred per cent responsibility to serve
        
        
          the customer well every time and zero ex-
        
        
          cuses when we’re not able to deliver that
        
        
          expectation,” DeSota said. Hopefulness
        
        
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