CMO Tinder, George Felix: Trusting Your Gut, ‘Smelling Like a Man,’ and Swiping Right
George Felix, now the CMO of Tinder, was marketing Old Spice body wash at a time when the brand was circling the drain. His team at Procter & Gamble almost let their big break slip away when initially...
4 Apr 202259min
VP of Sales at Hopin, Javier Ortega Estrada: Ingredients for High Growth and a Good Paella
Global Sales VP at Hopin Javier Ortega Estrada’s father is a counter-terrorism official in the Spanish army — teaching him at a young age that having a bigger purpose can drive you to do great things....
28 Mar 202254min
President at Confluent, Erica Schultz: Cashing in on Your Currency
When Confluent’s President of Field Ops Erica Schultz was 23, she was working at Oracle and cold-emailed the manager of the Argentina office, asking to work for him. This experience would open the doo...
21 Mar 20221h 6min
CRO Zoom, Ryan Azus: It’s Not Zoom Fatigue, It’s Work Fatigue
Ryan Azus, CRO of Zoom, has been selling all his life, from baseball cards as a kid to ads in the school newspaper to — crucially — books every summer in college. Every year, he and and thousands of o...
14 Mar 20221h 9min
CCO Instabase, Ozge Ozcan: Rising and Falling - Like a Phoenix
Instabase’s Ozge Ozcan believes that many women have been fed a false story about motherhood: That it can be seen as a “decelerator” to one’s career. Instead, she’s found that raising two daughters ha...
7 Mar 202255min
CMO Samsara, Sarah Patterson: What You Do vs. Why It Matters
Sarah Patterson, CMO of Samsara, doesn’t believe in keeping your armor up around your coworkers: “You’ve got something else on your mind, it’s going to come through,” she says. While working at Salesf...
28 Feb 202259min
CRO Calendly, Kate Ahlering: Embracing Leadership - On and Off the Basketball Court
Kate Ahlering might be the perfect guest for this podcast. She eventually worked her way up to Chief Sales Officer of Glassdoor, but when she joined in 2013, she helped define the company’s leadership...
21 Feb 202253min
CEO Loom, Joe Thomas: Communication, the Mother of All Skills
When Rippling CEO Parker Conrad was raising a massive $250 million round last year, he didn’t start by presenting his deck to venture capitalists in person. Instead, he sent a 39-minute demo of his pr...
14 Feb 20221h 15min
