Grit
By Joubin Mirzadegan
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Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.
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#188 CEO and Co-Founder Synthesia, Victor Riparbelli w/ Josh Coyne: Gorilla in the Room
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#187 President & COO of AG1, Kat Cole: Wings to Supplements
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#186 COO Asana, Anne Raimondi: Recovering Perfectionist
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#185 CEO and Founder Netskope, Sanjay Beri: The Trenches
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#184 Former CEO and Co-Founder Sun, Scott McNealy: In the Piñata
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#183 CEO and Co-Founder Harness, Jyoti Bansal: Three-Layered Cake
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#182 CEO and Co-Founder Cribl, Clint Sharp: Finding Traction
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#181 CEO Transcarent, Glen Tullman: Problem Solving
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#180 CEO and Co-Founder Verkada, Filip Kaliszan: Outlier
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#179 CEO and Co-Founder Zapier, Wade Foster: Missouri’s Connector
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#178 Author of “Radical Candor,” Kim Scott: Uncommon Sense
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#177 President and Co-Founder Anthropic, Daniela Amodei: AI Hurricane
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#176 CEO MongoDB, Dev Ittycheria: Edge
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#175 CEO Snowflake, Frank Slootman: Amped
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#174 CEO and Co-Founder Ginkgo Bioworks, Jason Kelly: Life Finds a Way
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#173 Author of “The Qualified Sales Leader,” John McMahon: The Five-Time CRO
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#172 Professor at UPenn & Author, Angela Duckworth: Grit
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#171 Founder and Former CEO Drift, David Cancel: Never Trapped
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#170 Chairman of Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr: Getting Into Trouble with Disruptors (Encore)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#169 CEO and Founder Cato Networks, Shlomo Kramer: The Burden of Persona
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#168 CEO and Founder Glean, Arvind Jain w/ Mamoon Hamid: New Playbook
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#167 CEO StockX, Scott Cutler: Detroit’s First Unicorn
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#166 Executive Chairman and Former CEO Attentive, Brian Long: Problem Hunting
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#165 Former CEO and Co-Founder of Zillow, Spencer Rascoff: Real Estate Voyeurism
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#164 CEO and Co-Founder Duolingo, Luis von Ahn: "The Pitch Was Never Pittsburgh"
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#163 CEO Bill, René Lacerte: Hourglass Leadership
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#162 CEO and Co-Founder Rippling, Parker Conrad w/ Mamoon Hamid: Compounding
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#161 Founder and EVP of Oracle NetSuite, Evan Goldberg: Endless Possibilities
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#160 CEO Grammarly, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury: Better, Not More
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#159 CEO 1Password, Jeff Shiner: Chief Eliminator of Obstacles
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#158 CRO Anduril Industries, Matt Steckman: On Defense
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#157 CEO Udemy, Greg Brown: The Plunge
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#156 CRO Snowflake, Chris Degnan: Part 2
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#155 CEO Yahoo, Jim Lanzone: Brand Rejuvenation
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#154 Remix: Tornadoes, Unicorn Meat, and Hypergrowth Sales
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#153 COO and CRO Weights & Biases, Yan-David Erlich: ML’s Moment
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#152 CEO Gainsight, Nick Mehta: Human-First
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#151 CEO Outreach, Manny Medina: 10M or Die
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#150 CEO Box, Aaron Levie w/ Mamoon Hamid: Open For Business
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#149 Co-CEO Workday, Carl Eschenbach: A Life of Significance
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#148 Former Snowflake CEO, Bob Muglia: The Datapreneurs
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#147 Ex-Waze CEO & Founder of Post News, Noam Bardin: Hockey Sticks and Plateaus
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#146 Co-founder and CEO Rubrik, Bipul Sinha: Authenticity Reigns
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#145 CRO Tealium, Ted Purcell: Snap Into It
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#144 CEO Lacework, Jay Parikh: Quiet Intensity
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#143 CEO HashiCorp, Dave McJannet: Phase Shifts
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#142 President of DocuSign, Robert Chatwani: Get Uncomfortable
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#141 CEO Navan, Ariel Cohen: Be Naive!
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#140 CRO Walmart, Seth Dallaire: How You Show Up
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May 29, 2023 |
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#139 CEO Coach, Matt Mochary: Coaching Greatness
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May 22, 2023 |
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#138 CEO Motive, Shoaib Makani w/ Ilya Fushman: Powering the Physical Economy
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May 15, 2023 |
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#137 CEO Oura, Tom Hale: Business & Backgammon
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May 08, 2023 |
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#136 COO Modern Treasury, Rachel Pike: Golden Ticket
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May 01, 2023 |
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#135 CMO & CSO GitLab, Ashley Kramer: The Three Ps
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#134 Chief Bizdev Officer at Uber, Jen Vescio: Buy, Build, or Partner
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#133 CEO Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora: Create Certainty
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#132 Former 49ers Quarterback Alex Smith and Former Warriors Guard Shaun Livingston: Hard Steps
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#131 Golden State Warriors Forward Andre Iguodala: The Sixth Man
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#130 Former Vice President Al Gore: Relentless
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#129 CRO Zapier, Giancarlo “GC” Lionetti: Recheck, Rebalance
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#128 Former COO and Corporate Officer at Stripe, Claire Hughes Johnson: Scaling People
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#127 CEO Intuit Mailchimp, Rania Succar: Consistent Inner Equilibrium
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#126 CRO Gem, Lesley Young: Hard Yards
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#125 CRO Starburst, Javier Molina: Reading Cues
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#124 Founding CRO at Procore, Dennis Lyandres: Defining "Winning"
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#123 CEO GitHub, Thomas Dohmke: Open-Source Values
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#122 President and Board Member at Freshworks, Dennis Woodside: What If This Goes Really Well?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#121 Founder and Co-CEO Brex, Henrique Dubugras: Pivot or Else
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#120 Chairman & CEO ServiceNow, Bill McDermott: Full Speed Ahead
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#119 Co-founder and CEO Gong, Amit Bendov: No Royalty
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#118 Dean of Stanford GSB, Jonathan Levin: Innovation Engines
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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#117 Co-founder and COO Cloudflare, Michelle Zatlyn: A Better Internet
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#116 Grit Recap: 9 Intersections of Personal and Professional
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#115 Executive Board Member at SAP, Scott Russell: Chief Optimist Officer
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#114 CMO GE, Linda Boff: Play ‘Til the Whistle
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#113 CEO PagerDuty, Jennifer Tejada: The Re-Finder
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#112 Former President at Tesla / CEO of DVx Ventures, Jon McNeill: First-Principles
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#111 Founder and CEO Whoop, Will Ahmed: Unlocking Optimal Human Performance
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#110 Former CRO / Advisor at Notion, Olivia Nottebohm: Grow Fast or Die Slow
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#109 Co-founder and CEO, Databricks Ali Ghodsi: The Difference Between Truth and Data
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#108 COO Zscaler, Dali Rajic: If You’re Not Always Learning, You’ll Get Wiped Out
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#107 Founding CRO at Flexport, Ben Braverman: The Power of Genuine Curiosity
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#106 Co-founder & CEO Sweetgreen, Jonathan Neman: The Restaurant Company of the Future
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#105 AOL Founder & CEO Revolution, Steve Case: The Rise of the Rest
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#104 Co-founder of Intuit, Scott Cook: The Power of Paradigms
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#103 Founder & CEO Productboard, Hubert Palan w/ Ilya Fushman: Chasing Perfection
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#102 CEO Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon: We’re In a Hurry to Get to the Future
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#101 CEO Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian: Competitor-Aware and Customer-Obsessed
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#100 Chairman of Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr: Getting Into Trouble with Disruptors
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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CEO Touch the Top, Erik Weihenmayer: Climbing Everest Blind
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Co-founder and CEO G2, Godard Abel: Finding Opportunity in Challenging Times
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Founding CRO @HubSpot / Prof @HBS / CoFounder @Stage 2 Capital Mark Roberge: The Science and Psychology of Scaling
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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CMO Canva, Zach Kitschke: From Employee Number 5 To $40 Billion Valuation
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Founder & CEO Freshworks, Girish Mathrubootham: Success Is In the Big Things, Happiness Is In the Small Things
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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CMO Riot Games, Jason Bunge: Change Is Inevitable, Get Used To It
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Co-Founder & CEO Charm Industrial, Peter Reinhardt: “All That Matters Is What the Customers Are Telling You”
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Co-Founder & CEO Clari, Andy Byrne: Machine Learning and Human Feeling
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Co-Founder & COO Okta, Frederic Kerrest: Zero to IPO
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Founder & CEO Flock Safety, Garrett Langley: Tech That Makes Everyone Safer
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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COO Ironclad, Leyla Seka: More Equal Is Always Better
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Chief Freemium Business Officer at Spotify, Alex Norstrom: The Power of Setting Impossible Goals
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May 30, 2022 |
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Founder & CEO Thrive, Arianna Huffington: Life Is About More Than Money and Power
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May 23, 2022 |
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CMO Airtable, Archana Agrawal: Success Is Not a Formula
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May 16, 2022 |
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CMO Square, Lauren Weinberg: Self-made boss
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May 09, 2022 |
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Co-Founder & CEO Handshake, Garrett Lord: The Billion-Dollar Question That Changed College Recruiting
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May 02, 2022 |
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CMO Thoughtspot, Scott Holden: Tactics, Strategy, and Downhill Skiing
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Co-founder & CEO ZoomInfo, Henry Schuck: This Job Is Not Supposed to Be Fun
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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CRO Articulate, Jaimie Buss: A Problem Solver That Happens to be Good at Sales
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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CMO Tinder, George Felix: Trusting Your Gut, ‘Smelling Like a Man,’ and Swiping Right
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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VP of Sales at Hopin, Javier Ortega Estrada: Ingredients for High Growth and a Good Paella
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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President at Confluent, Erica Schultz: Cashing in on Your Currency
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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CRO Zoom, Ryan Azus: It’s Not Zoom Fatigue, It’s Work Fatigue
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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CCO Instabase, Ozge Ozcan: Rising and Falling - Like a Phoenix
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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CMO Samsara, Sarah Patterson: What You Do vs. Why It Matters
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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CRO Calendly, Kate Ahlering: Embracing Leadership - On and Off the Basketball Court
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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CEO Loom, Joe Thomas: Communication, the Mother of All Skills
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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President at Databricks, Andy Kofoid: Reinvention at Any Stage
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Former CEO Splunk, Doug Merritt: Creating 360° Order in Chaos
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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CEO Stord, Sean Henry: Supply Chains... Are Fun?
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Former President at NetApp, Tom Mendoza: Sustaining Urgency and Injecting Tension
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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President, Global Strategic Customers at Salesforce, Jim Steele: Measuring Your Facetime
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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CMO Attentive, Sara Varni: Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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CRO Nextdoor, Heidi Andersen: Nurturing an Elastic Mind
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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CMO Rippling, Matt Epstein: Building the Supermarket of SaaS
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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CMO TripActions, Meagen Eisenberg: The Joy of Living in Awkward
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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CRO Unqork, Philip Lacor: Playing the Infinite Game
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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CBO Duolingo, Bob Meese: Carrying Culture Through Language
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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CRO Pendo, Jennifer Brannigan: Un-designing Your Leadership Path
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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CRO Rubrik, Brian McCarthy: Embedding Missionary Values Into Company Culture
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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President and COO Coinbase, Emilie Choi: Rising Through the Crypto Ranks
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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COO Bloomreach, Christy Augustine: Thin Mints and Company Building
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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CEO Alteryx, Mark Anderson: Transformation Starts with Leadership
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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CEO Relativity, Mike Gamson: Fueling the Next Technology Ecosystems
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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CRO Stripe, Mike Clayville: Building Tornado Companies
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Chief Business Officer at Compass, Rob Lehman: Leadership by Fire
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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COO Cameo, Brian Frank: From Professional Networks to Celebrity Networks
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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President of Field Operations at BetterUp, Marc Maloy: Building Better Organizations by Building Successful People
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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CEO Incorta, Scott Jones: From Running Sales to Running a Company, and Everything in Between
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Head of eSports at Activision Blizzard, Brandon Snow: Building 'Generational Fandom' of Professional Video Game Teams
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Head of Revenue and BD at Asana, Oliver Jay: The Cutting Edge of Product-Led Growth
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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SVP Sales at Affirm, Eric Morse: Exploring The Partnership Between Engineering and Sales
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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CRO Front, LB Harvey: Moving Up-Market + Operational Excellence
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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CRO/CSO Dialpad, Dan O’Connell: Taking Risks and Running a Company
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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CCO Figma, Amanda Kleha: The Strategies Behind Figma’s $10 Billion Valuation
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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CRO Okta, Steve Rowland: Identifying and Developing Future Business Leaders
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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CRO Thrive, Renu Gupta: Building Positive Personal and Professional Habits
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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SVP Sales at Iterable, Jan Zeman: Hiring and Coaching Successful Sales Talent
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Chief Customer Officer at Xero, Rachael Powell: The Power of Positive Psychology: Creating Authentic Company Cultures
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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President of Sprout Social, Ryan Barretto: Establishing a Compelling Company Vision
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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SVP Revenue at GitHub, Erica Anderson: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Sales Motions
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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CRO DataStax, Harry Ault: The Three Steps to a Successful Tech Company Turnaround
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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VP Unity Technologies, Laura Palmer: Going The Extra Mile: Forging Meaningful Customer Connections
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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President and COO Golden State Warriors, Brandon Schneider: Building One of the NBA’s Most Valuable Teams
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May 31, 2021 |
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CRO RealReal, Kayti Sullivan: Setting Priorities in Work and in Life
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May 24, 2021 |
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CRO UiPath, Thomas Hansen: Balancing the Art and Science of Sales
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May 17, 2021 |
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VP of Global Professional Services at PayPal, Marcy Campbell: Risk and Reward: Creating Successful Sales Organizations
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May 10, 2021 |
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CRO Gong, Ryan Longfield: Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable: Redefining Failure
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May 03, 2021 |
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CEO Cassidy Ventures, Brendon Cassidy: LinkedIn, Echosign + Talkdesk: Building Successful Startup Sales Teams
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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CRO Box, Mark Wayland: Forging Positive Sales Cultures
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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VP Sales Impossible Foods, Dana Worth: From Gourmet to Fast-Food: How He Built Impossible Foods’ Go-To-Market
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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CRO Cloudflare, Chris Merritt: Creating an Authentic Content-driven Strategy
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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SVP Salesforce, Mike Wolff: Tips for Becoming a More Effective Sales Leader
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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CSO Relativity, Peter Kim: The Values of a People-Centric Leader
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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CRO PagerDuty, Dave Justice: The Principles of Successful Crisis Leadership
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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CRO Amplitude, Matt Heinz: Exploring The Mindset of a Successful Sales Leader
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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SVP Global Strategic Services at UiPath, Jay Snyder: Driving Customer Engagement Through Value-Based Selling
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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CRO Clari, Kevin Knieriem: Exploring the Benefits of Data-Driven Sales
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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CRO ServiceTitan, Ross Biestman: ‘Team Before Self’: Motivating High-Performing Salespeople
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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CRO Snowflake, Chris Degnan: Building Snowflake’s Successful Sales Organization from the Ground Up
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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CRO Flexport, Will Urban: Streamlining Global Trade With Revolutionary Technology
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, Qasar Younis: Creating Customer-Oriented Company Cultures
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Board Director at Fastly, Kelly Wright: How She Went from Selling Door to Door to Board Director
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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CRO Auth0, Dave Wilner: Discussing Growth and Leadership
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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CRO Atlassian, Cameron Deatsch: Exploring Atlassian’s Unorthodox Strategy
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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CRO Twilio, Marc Boroditsky: A Behind the Scenes Look at Twilio’s Go to Market Strategy
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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SVP and Head of Sales at AppsFlyer, Mar Brandt: Leadership Insights
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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COO of LinkedIn, Dan Shapero: Discussing Go to Market Leadership
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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B2B General Manager of Calm, Jim Herbold: Describing ‘Unicorn Meat’
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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VP and GM at Shopify, Loren Padelford: Breaking the Rules in Sales
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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SVP Sales Modern Health, Hannah Willson: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health in Sales
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Chief Sales Officer at Brex, Sam Blond: Recruiting Talent
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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CRO Cockroach Labs, Jeff Miller: Building an Effective Open Source Go to Market Strategy
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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VP Sales at Mixpanel, Meka Asonye: Exploring Analytics, High Velocity Sales, and Stigmas
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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CRO CircleCI, Jane Kim: Leading with Vulnerability and Making Mistakes
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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CRO TripActions, Carlos Delatorre: The Science of Sales
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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CRO Obsidian Security, Bob Kruse: Building a Winning Sales Culture
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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VP of Sales at Palo Alto Networks, Jeff StClair : Discovering, Recruiting, and Coaching Sales Talent
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Chief Sales and Success Officer at Slack, Bob Frati: Exploring Slack’s Key Growth Levers and Competition
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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