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The GTM Podcast

GTM 135: How Marketing Creates Million-Dollar Exits: 6 SaaS Success Stories | Katrina Wong

Feb 25, 2025
55:26

Katrina Wong is the CMO of New Relic and a top marketing leader. She specializes in launching products, entering new markets, and scaling companies to the enterprise. With 15 years of experience at Twilio, Zuora, Salesforce, and SAP, she has led award-winning campaigns and helped six companies exit successfully.

Discussed in this Episode:

  • Why you should be using "marketing sprints"
  • Importance of operational excellence and agility in marketing
  • The role of marketing in preparing for a successful exit
  • Is 'fire fast' the right approach for managing your teams


Highlights: 

07:08 Secrets to picking winners

09:30 Attaining operational excellence in startups

15:43 Marketing's role in successful exits

29:12 Transforming PIP programs for successful employees

31:26 Challenging the 'fire fast' mentality

35:20 The importance of team dynamics

40:24 Navigating getting acquired successfully

48:58 Tactics for modern marketing


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The GTM Podcast
The GTM Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Scott Barker, GTMfund Partner, featuring interviews with the top 1% GTM executives, VCs, and founders. Conversations reveal the unshared details behind how they have grown companies, and the go-to-market strategies responsible for shaping that growth.

Visit gtmnow.com for more episodes and other interesting content.

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