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The GTMnow Podcast interviews well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Sophie Buonassisi to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down.This podcast is produced by GTMnow, the media brand of GTMfund - sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350 of the best go-to-market executives. GTMfund is an early-stage VC fund focused on investing in the most exciting, up-and-coming B2B SaaS companies across the world. The LP network consists of VP and C-level Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success leaders from companies like DocuSign, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Snowflake, Okta, Zoom, and many more.Visit gtmnow.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletter and other content resources.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 48min
101. Ownership Is Dead w/ Luigi Mallardo
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Luigi Mallardo, Chief Revenue Officer at Woffu. Luigi is a long-time CRO and sales leader in the European community, and he’s also the chairman of the Barcelona Revenue Collective. Woffu is an HR SaaS platform for time optimization in companies between 100 and 2,000 employees. Let’s hear from Luigi about the subscription economy and the subscription business model!The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Mar 12, 2020 • 6min
Friday Fundamentals: 67. 4 Steps You Need to Build a Marketing Organization
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we chat with Nicole Wojno Smith on the four steps you need to take to build a fantastic world class marketing organization.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Mar 11, 2020 • 47min
100. Succeeding as the First Marketing Hire w/ Nicole Wojno Smith
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Nicole Wojno Smith, the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io. Nicole is the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io, a company that helps ISVs sell their software through the cloud marketplaces. Prior to Tackle, Nicole was the CMO at UserIQ, where she built the marketing department from scratch. She has 15 years of experience in building brands, implementing inbound marketing programs, and championing team and revenue growth. She also founded and leads the Atlanta Chapter of Revenue Collective.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Mar 6, 2020 • 4min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 66: The 3 Qualities of a Modern Leader
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we chat with Stephanie Blair on the 3 qualities of a modern leader.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Mar 3, 2020 • 40min
99. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Flourishing at Work w/ Stephanie Blair
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Stephanie Blair, Founder and CEO of Know and Flourish. Stephanie founded her executive coaching and consultancy company focused on grooming and growing innovative talent within sales centric and growth focused teams. as an expert in digital transformation and in fueling modern organizations for sustainable success prior to Know and Flourish, she spent over eight years at eMarketer in assorted individual contributor and leadership roles, and before that, the New York Daily News.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Feb 28, 2020 • 7min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 65: Why Product-Led Growth is Sales Supportive
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we talk about why product-led growth is not actually anti-sales, and how you can start moving your strategy in this direction.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Feb 25, 2020 • 46min
98. Focus on Product-Led Growth w/ Blake Bartlett
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Blake Bartlett, Partner at OpenView. Blake is a partner at one of the most well known SaaS venture capital firms in the world, OpenView Venture Partners, based in Boston. He spends most of his time trying to advance the product-led growth movement, both through thought leadership and investing at pioneers like Expensify and Calendly. He's been a VC since 2007, and prior to OpenView was at Battery Ventures, where he invested in companies like Glassdoor, Wayfair, and Optimizely. What You’ll Learn Product-led growth means focusing on the end-user VCs differentiate by recognizing that they’re basically auditioning for the board A key mistake of startups is a lack of focus VPs of sales/marketing need to be flexible and willing to reinvent themselves The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Feb 21, 2020 • 4min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 64: How AI Impacts The Future of Work
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we talk about how Artificial Intelligence can do the heavy lifting with our quantitative, analytical, and repetitive work so that we can be more creative in our day-to-day operations.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Feb 18, 2020 • 42min
97. How To Approach Changing Trends In The Global Economy w/ Tameka Vasquez
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Tameka Vasquez, AVP of Global Marketing for the High-Tech and Manufacturing division at Genpact. Tameka is a Marketing and Business Development Strategist and educator with nearly a decade of experience in the tech industry. She’s also a professor of Marketing Management at St. John’s University, and a public speaker who’s participated in conferences and thought leadership events all over the world. She was the 2018 recipient of the Innovators and Disruptors Award sponsored by New York On Tech and NBCUniversal, and she was the 2019 nominee for the Rising Star Award for Women in AI sponsored by VentureBeat. Today we have a big picture discussion on how trends (digitization, the internet, technology, etc.) are intersecting in terms of disrupting the overall economy globally.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.

Feb 14, 2020 • 8min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 63: The Best Way To Run an Interview
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we're talking about the strategic questions to ask that will focus on your candidate's values - not just their skills.The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast 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.