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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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Jan 7, 2020 • 44min
91. The Importance of Creating Narrative w/ Scott Olrich
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Scott Olrich, the Chief Operating Officer at DocuSign. Scott is the Chief Operating Officer at DocuSign, where he focuses on orchestrating DocuSign's vision strategy, marketing, and enablement efforts around the world. Scott brings over 25 years of leadership experience, and a proven track record for driving innovation, market adoption, and hyper-growth to his role at DocuSign. What You’ll Learn How & why to create narrative What the agreement cloud is How to get started in category creation Changing the sales game for smaller companies How to know what you’re good at 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.

Jan 3, 2020 • 5min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 57: The 3 Most Important Steps For Building A Long-Term Career
This week on Friday Fundamentals, we give you ideas and frameworks for you to develop during your long-term career.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.

Dec 31, 2019 • 49min
90. Letting Go of Perfection w/ Justin Welsh
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Justin Welsh, Founder at The Official Justin. Justin is the former SVP of sales at PatientPop and a current advisor to it, as well as a tremendous number of SMB SaaS companies. When he left PatientPop, he helped grow it to over 60 million in recurring revenue. They've raised over $75 million in funding and he's putting out a lot of amazing content on LinkedIn, including a Sunday newsletter, called the Weekly Content Rundown. What You’ll Learn Lessons Justin learned from a career in startups Top mistakes companies make (hint: it’s hiring) Data isn’t the whole answer -- you need anecdotal feedback, too How to manage downwards and upwards Creating a culture of winning means investing in employees 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.

Dec 27, 2019 • 4min
Friday Fundamentals: Ep 56: A Holistic Approach To Organizational Alignment
When thinking about alignment, where's the first place to start? On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we talk about the #1 thing we should keep in mind when driving organizational alignment.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.

Dec 24, 2019 • 32min
89. Using CDPs to Scale Your Org w/ Pat O’Brien
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Pat O’Brien, the Chief Revenue Officer of Zylotech. Pat heads up heading up sales, marketing, and business development. He spent many years building and scaling large and small teams and companies. He's been through two successful exits with LinkedIn and Dun and Bradstreet. Pat has also been on the early leadership teams of more than a half dozen successful internet advertising and marketing startups. He holds an MA in publishing and design management from the University of Baltimore Today, we’ll hear about what happens when you take on a senior leadership position at a very early stage company, and how to think about growing and scaling that organization. What You’ll Learn Your org needs one set of data One place for data to live One team to own the data Oh, and KPIs for Early Stage Growth 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.

Dec 20, 2019 • 5min
Friday Fundamentals: EP 55: Top Prospecting Techniques From A Sales Leader
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we talk about effective, valuable, and high ROI prospecting. 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.

Dec 17, 2019 • 45min
88. How to Optimize Sales Motions w/ Pete Kazanjy
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Pete Kazanjy, co-founder of Atrium and author of Founding Sales. As a serial founder, Pete has built up an impressive library of knowledge on scaling businesses and optimizing sales motions. In this episode, he shares how he fell into the sales leader category and his advice for others who want to do the same. If you missed episode 87, check it out here: PODCAST 87: How to Pitch Category Creation to Your CEO or CFO w/ Anthony Kennada What You’ll Learn How selling as a founder will help you understand your sales motions Why your ability to teach sales reps will help scale your business How sales can be instrumented Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast We’re on iTunes And on Stitcher 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.

Dec 13, 2019 • 5min
Friday Fundamentals: EP 54: Our Top 3 Tips For Building a Billion-Dollar Brand
There are three things to keep in mind when you're on the journey to building a billion-dollar brand. On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we're going to tell you how to implement them.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.

Dec 10, 2019 • 47min
87. The Ultimate Guide to Category Creation w/ Anthony Kennada
This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Anthony Kennada, CMO at Front. You probably know Anthony by now — his name started popularizing itself after he helped grow Gainsight from $100K to $100MM in ARR. Anthony’s also the author of Category Creation: How to Build a Brand that Customers, Employees, & Investors Will Loveo. On this episode, Anthony taps into how businesses can transform themselves with category creation. What You’ll Learn How to initiate category creation Anthony’s journey from sales to product to marketing How to leverage lessons from the B2C world 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.

Dec 6, 2019 • 6min
Friday Fundamentals: EP 53: How One Entrepreneur Decided To Start Her Consulting Business w/ Mary Rogul
On this episode of Friday Fundamentals, we talk about one entrepreneur's leap from being the head of sales to stepping into their own consulting business.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.