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Chris Degnan

CRO of Snowflake Computing, one of the fastest growing SaaS businesses in the world, went from being the first rep to leading the sales entire sales organization.

Top 5 podcasts with Chris Degnan

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15 snips
Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 6min

Scaling and Growth with Chris Degnan

Chris Degnan, Chief Revenue Officer at Snowflake, discusses his experiences working in a raw startup environment and how Snowflake stood up to giants like Amazon in the cloud storage space. He emphasizes the importance of respecting the competition and not putting all your eggs in the large enterprise baskets. The podcast also touches on the challenges and benefits of sales in a consumption model and the significance of targeting a niche market. Furthermore, the hosts engage in a rapid-fire Q&A session and share personal experiences while expressing gratitude and advocating for cancer research.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 40min

Chris Degnan (Snowflake): Selling in a Recession

Chris Degnan, CRO at Snowflake and software sales legend, shares insights on selling in a recession. Topics include the mindset and action plan for sales reps, addressing challenges, understanding customer pain, having genuine conversations, and driving cost savings. They also discuss pipeline generation, personal accountability, and strategies for selling in a challenging economic environment.
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Jul 18, 2024 • 20min

Selling in a New Category

Three industry experts discuss selling in a new category, emphasizing market transitions, challenges of new technologies, investing timing, selling complex technologies, different sales motions, targeting early customers, and key customers that shaped Snowflake's success.
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Sep 18, 2023 • 54min

#156 CRO Snowflake, Chris Degnan: Part 2

Experienced CRO of Snowflake, Chris Degnan, discusses his challenging childhood that molded his drive and anxieties. Topics include adjusting to tech fame, detecting lies, fear of flying, living your values, trimming down meeting sizes, and managing anxiety.
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Sep 4, 2023 • 1h 8min

#154 Remix: Tornadoes, Unicorn Meat, and Hypergrowth Sales

"Remix: Tornadoes, Unicorn Meat, and Hypergrowth Sales" features industry experts Mike Clayville, Marcy Campbell, Dan Shapero, Jim Herbold, and Chris Degnan. They discuss building sales operations in rapidly-growing companies, including first principles, successful sales motions, effective sales leadership, "unicorn meat" theory, and pivotal sales strategies.