

Coffee & Compete
The Compete Network by Klue
Coffee & Compete is the show that breaks down the news, gossip, and tactics of competitive business strategy - who is winning, who is losing, and everything in between.Hosted by Adam McQueen and Hunter Sones.
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Jun 7, 2022 • 30min
Klue at IntelliCon: Masters Series Part II | Ryan Sorley and Jason Oakley
In the second part of this seven-part series, Adam talks to DoubleCheck Research CEO Ryan Sorley (01:51) and Klue's Senior Director of Product Marketing Jason Oakley (15:07) at SCIP IntelliCon 2022 in Minneapolis about their biggest career learnings and the most valuable advice they have to share with the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAudio Editing: Josh KilnerAbout Klue:Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

Jun 2, 2022 • 43min
#41 - Lessons from a Career in Compete | Mayur Palta, Databricks
Adam is joined by Mayur Palta, Competitive Intelligence Leader for Data Management and Win/Loss Program Leader at Databricks, to talk about what's made Mayur successful as a Compete and Sales Engineering pro at massive companies like Oracle, Dell and AWS. They also dive into how Mayur recommends building a competitive intelligence flywheel to strengthen the culture of compete within an organization, and his top three tips for building out a win-loss program. Read Mayur's full LinkedIn article on building a competitive intelligence flywheel here. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben Ronald Timestamps:(03:47) - Mayur's three lessons for compete professionals(07:40) - Lesson's from Mayur's time at Oracle(11:02) - Competitive intelligence as a social network(13:04) - Building a culture of compete(18:41) - Mayur's lessons from his time at AWS(22:38) - How Mayur developed his love of writing(27:30) - Mayur's three tips for starting a win-loss program(37:26) - The Competitive flywheel of successAbout Klue:Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

May 31, 2022 • 25min
Klue at IntelliCon: Masters Series Part I | Lisa Goldberg and Nadeem Khan
In the first part of this seven-part series, Adam talks to Ellucian's Lisa Golberg (02:44) and Coca-Cola's Nadeem Khan (14:52) at SCIP IntelliCon 2022 in Minneapolis about their biggest career learnings and the most valuable advice they have to share with the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben Ronald Audio Editing: Josh KilnerAbout Klue:Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

May 25, 2022 • 49min
#40 - Cutting Out Competitive Chaos (with a Maturity Model) | Brad Lawless, Movista
Adam is joined by Movista's Sr. Director of Product Marketing Brad Lawless to talk about how the Competitive Enablement Maturity Model has helped him build his compete program up from the ground. In just 5 short months, Brad has implemented reporting, expanded the scope of his role, and hired a new employee along the way. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben Ronald Timestamps(02:36) Why Brad loves the Competitive Enablement Maturity Model(07:21) Progress made from Day 1 to now(11:09) The road to adding headcount(15:52) Starting from the basics(21:39) Measuring Competitive Enablement success(26:42) Measuring sales engagement(29:03) Starting with sales(32:17) Enabling other teams with Competitive Enablement(39:16) Onboarding made easier with the Maturity Model?(43:46) Why compete programs need to use a Maturity ModelAbout Klue:Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

May 19, 2022 • 35min
#39 - Is it Impossible to Move Beyond the Meat Industry? | VERSUS
Adam and Ben revisit a 2021 article in which Adam looked at the battle between Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. But we got it wrong. Actually, Beyond and Impossible aren't competing against each other — they're taking on the entire meat industry. In this episode, we dive back into the battle and look at both companies' go-to-market strategies.Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben Ronald Timestamps(2:41) What we got wrong the first time around(6:48) Beyond and Impossible GTM strategies(12:32) Getting onto restaurant menus(17:36) The limitations of education your consumers(23:56) Focusing on the core message(28:04) BoFU Messaging(32:34) What it would take for Adam to eat less meatAbout Klue:Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

May 11, 2022 • 1h 1min
#38 - Success-ifying Competitive Enablement | Clara Smyth, Brandon Bedford
Adam is joined by Slack's Sr. Product Marketing Manager Clara Smyth and Klue's Competitive Enablement Manager Brandon Bedford for this month's edition of Competitive Enablement LIVE. The trio dive into the reporting and best practices that build the foundation for a successful compete program. Best of all, we hear from friends of the Competitive Enablement like Airtable's Alex McDonnell and Pierre Hiller from Veeam Software as they jump on the mic to share their comments and questions.Timestamps(08:31) Clara's reaction to PMA's State of CE report(11:13) Why CE reporting saved Clara's career(12:57) Where you should focus your reporting efforts(17:24) Why stakeholder engagement is key to success(22:49)The rapid response approach(25:17) Dealing with ad hoc requests(29:29) Sharing your prioritization efforts with the org(32:50) Doing things that don't scale(36:40) Why a sales first approach is key to success(37:38)Mastering tactical deal support(38:57 )Proving impact to sales reps(53:47) Tiering your competitorsWatch past episodes of Competitive Enablement LIVE here Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://klue.com/newsletterHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAbout Klue: Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

May 4, 2022 • 20min
#37 - Live(ish) from SCIP IntelliCon 2022 | Part II
Adam is joined by six Competitive Enablement experts on Day 2 of SCIP IntelliCon 2022 for Part II of our two-part series. The experts talk about common mistakes CI professionals need to stop making, their favourite speaker session, how the profession has evolved and more. Timestamps:(0:45) - Cam Mackey, Executive Director at SCIP(4:22) - Dustin Ray, Head of Intelligence at Datto(6:35) - Pierre Hiller, Sr. Director of Competitive Intelligence at Veeam Software(9:34) - Justin Topliff, Head of Competitive Intelligence at Highspot(13:16) - Zaven Gabriel, Sr. Manager of Competitive Intelligence at Culture Amp(15:32) - Dan Hamiton, VP of Competitive Intelligence at SalesforceHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAbout Klue: Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

Apr 28, 2022 • 21min
#36 - Live(ish) from SCIP IntelliCon 2022 | Part I
We're doing it LIVE(ish) from IntelliCon 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Adam is joined by some of the absolute best pros in Competitive Enablement and Competitive Intelligence, including Ellucian's Lisa Goldberg, Highspot's Ashleigh Eisinger, Klue's Jason Oakley, DoubleCheck Research's Ryan Sorley, Coca Cola's Nadeem Khan, Commvault's Matt Tyrer, Imperva's Pat Wall, Milestone Systems' Alex Knapik and Evalueserve's Erin Pearson. Adam picks all of their brains on topics like how the profession has evolved in the last ten years, what advice they would give their younger selves, and some of their biggest takeaways from SCIP IntelliCon so far.Timestamps(00:45) Lisa Goldberg, Ellucian(02:54) Ashleigh Eisinger, Highspot(05:23) Jason Oakley, Klue(07:39) Ryan Sorley, DoubleCheck Research(11:35) Nadeem Khan, CocaCola(13:48) Lisa Goldberg Redux, Ellucian(14:43) Matt Tyrer, Commvault(16:38) Pat Wall, Imperva(18:04) Alex Knapic, Milestone Systems(19:04) Erin Pearson, Evalueserve(20:30) Day 1 Wrapup with Klue's Adam McQueen and Jason OakleyHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAbout Klue: Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

Apr 14, 2022 • 56min
#35 - Nailing Your First 90 Days on the Job | Andrew McCotter-Bicknell, ClickUp
Adam is joined by ClickUp's Head of Competitive Intelligence Andrew McCotter-Bicknell to talk about Andrew's first 90 days in his role at ClickUp and shares his biggest learnings. Adam and Andrew dive into why consistently publishing content early on in your tenure is a smart move, why not getting enough feedback before creating sales collateral is a bad move, and why the fast-food chicken sandwich wars is one of Andrew's favourite examples of competitive messaging.Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Coffee & Compete Newsletter for your weekly dose of the best competitive content in the business.To subscribe, visit https://go.klue.com/newsletter-subscribe Timestamps(02:53) Atlassian's swipe at ClickUp(08:17) Calling out your competitors(11:23) Landing the job at ClickUp(16:57) Andrew's first project (22:15) The importance of non-product differentiators(27:22) Identifying non-product differentiators(33:48) Getting organizational buy-in(38:33) Early wins and traction in the first 90 days(51:51) Reporting on Competitive SuccessHost: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAbout Klue: Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.

Apr 7, 2022 • 1h 3min
#34 - 5 Rules of Selling Against Your Competitor | David Priemer, Cerebral Selling
Adam is joined by best-selling author David Priemer and Enterprise Sales Leader at Klue Alex Cook for this month's edition of Competitive Enablement Live. David dives into his 5 Tips for Selling Against Your Competition in competitive deals, with real-life examples from Alex shared throughout the conversation.Subscribe to our weekly Coffee & Compete newsletter to find out how you can participate in next month's Competitive Enablement Show LIVE. (00:00) Welcome to Competitive Enablement Live(07:46) Inspiration and Empathy in Selling(13:46) Handling Objections and Rejections(18:21) Asking Questions to Reveal Competitive Intelligence(24:08) Bashing Your Competitors(30:39) Inoculation Theory in Selling(37:37) Ramping New Sellers for Competitive Deals(42:47) Using Discovery as a Competitive Resource(48:38) Incorporating Belief Statements in Competitive Deals(53:37) Defining Positioning and Messaging.Host: Adam McQueenProducer: Ben RonaldAbout Klue: Klue provides a lens into your competitor’s world, continuously updating and connecting dots to help you win more business. It’s a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in platforms you already use.Host: Adam McQueenProduction: Grayson OttenbreitCheck out past episodes and more great compete content like the Competitive Enablement Show, only on the Compete Network, powered by Klue. About the Compete Network:The Compete Network is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community.