#155 CEO Yahoo, Jim Lanzone: Brand Rejuvenation
Guest: Jim Lanzone, CEO of YahooJim Lanzone doesn’t waste time thinking about what other people think of him ... or the companies he has run. After helping to rejuvenate Ask.com in the early 2000s, he...
11 Sep 20231h 7min
#154 Remix: Tornadoes, Unicorn Meat, and Hypergrowth Sales
In this special episode of Grit, Joubin looks back at what five past guests had to say about building a sales operation inside rapidly-growing companies:Intro (00:30)Stripe’s Mike Clayville on first p...
4 Sep 20231h 7min
#153 COO & CRO Weights & Biases, Yan-David Erlich: ML’s Moment
Guest: Yan-David Erlich, COO and CRO of Weights & BiasesAfter starting four companies, Yan-David Erlich had found happiness and success as a GP in Coatue’s venture fund — but then, after investing in ...
28 Aug 20231h 12min
#152 CEO Gainsight, Nick Mehta: Human-First
Guest: Nick Mehta, CEO of GainsightGainsight CEO Nick Mehta describes himself as “the person who goes all in, on whatever.” So when he had a personally difficult year, he didn’t just go to therapy — h...
21 Aug 20231h 12min
#151 CEO Outreach, Manny Medina: 10M or Die
Guest: Manny Medina, CEO of OutreachIn its Seattle headquarters, the sales execution platform Outreach has at least one wall covered in AI diagrams and architectural flows. CEO Manny Medina says that’...
14 Aug 20231h 6min
#150 CEO Box, Aaron Levie w/ Mamoon Hamid: Open For Business
Guest: Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner PerkinsWhen he was a newly minted venture capitalist at USVP, Mamoon Hamid got a tip that he should meet a young entrepreneur named...
7 Aug 20231h 2min
#149 Co-CEO Workday, Carl Eschenbach: A Life of Significance
Guest: Carl Eschenbach, co-CEO of WorkdayWhen Carl Eschenbach decided to leave VMWare after more than 14 years as COO, no one believed it: Not chairman Joe Tucci, not CEO Pat Gelsinger, and maybe not ...
31 Juli 20231h 22min
#148 Former Snowflake CEO, Bob Muglia: The Datapreneurs
Guest: Bob Muglia, “The Datapreneurs” Co-Author and Former Snowflake CEOLongtime Microsoft executive and former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia was done with his book about using data to drive the digital ec...
24 Juli 20231h 21min
