Episodios

  • Surviving Irrelevance in the Age of AI with Cenk Sidar
    Jun 3 2024

    Today, we’re joined by Cenk Sidar, Founder & CEO at Enquire AI, the ultimate AI-powered knowledge network.

    We talk about:

    

    • Advances in GenAI large language models that enable ingestion of anonymized data
    • How Enquire AI created a new tier of users with GenAI & productizing their existing data lake
    • Keeping data current on a real-time basis
    • Impacts of commodification of large language models
    • How companies can survive irrelevance when large AI firms launch new features
    • Replicating the thinking and judgment of experienced employees to make them ‘eternal’


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    55 m
  • The March of Technology Toward Cloud & Democratization with Mike Palmer
    May 20 2024

    Today, we’re joined by Mike Palmer, Chief Executive Officer at Sigma, the only cloud analytics solution with a spreadsheet-like interface enabling anyone to explore data at cloud scale and speed. We talk about:

    

    • Creating a product for the average person to use
    • If the dashboard will be replaced by an AI prompt
    • Disruption of SaaS in the march toward cloud adoption
    • Do we have too many SaaS products in the market today?
    • How technology always starts with an expert and ends democratized


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    31 m
  • 3 Pillars of Excellence with Pieter de Villiers
    May 6 2024

    Today, we’re joined by Pieter de Villiers, Co-Founder & CEO at Clickatell, the global leader in chat commerce. We talk about:

    

    • 3 pillars of excellence to measure decisions against when building a SaaS app
    • Changes in ideal customer profile from year one
    • Global democratization of SaaS investing
    • What to have a clear view of before writing a single line of code


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    33 m
  • Scaling Sales Development & The Lost Art of Cold Email with Derek Rey
    Apr 10 2024

    Today, we’re joined by Derek Rey, Investor + Founder & CEO at Demand Inc., a human-driven AI-enabled sales development team. We talk about:


    • The loss of knowledge of how to send good email
    • The paradox of needing AI in order to be human at scale
    • What Sales Development Reps can do to be successful, particularly while working with AI
    • The role of email marketing in building top of funnel pipeline


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    32 m
  • The Dawn of B2B Conversion Rate Optimization with Sahil Patel
    Mar 19 2024

    On today’s episode, we’re joined by Sahil Patel, CEO at Spiralyze, provider of data-driven performance Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) services.


    We talk about:

    • How effective most companies’ websites are at lead gen
    • 3 common mistakes that lower website conversions
    • What to put on your homepage instead of boring stock images of people in a conference room
    • Why you should review your website translated into a language you don’t speak
    • The importance of talking about not just the ups, but also the downs in business


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    33 m
  • Launching the Minimum Wow Product with Praveen Narra
    Mar 4 2024

    On today’s episode, we’re joined by Praveen Narra, Founder & CEO of Tech.us, a Silicon Valley based software development company with a team spread across the globe.


    We talk about:

    

    • Expected AI innovations, including large-scale personalization & “Invisible AI”
    • How AI is disrupting software development, including launching to multiple narrow markets
    • The “Minimum Wow Product” instead of MVP
    • Why you can't just hire an iOS developer and expect them to build a great mobile app
    • Importance of keeping up with the pace of tech innovation


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    38 m
  • Optimizing Revenue Ops, Tackling Startup Headaches, & More with John Sarver
    Feb 19 2024

    On today’s episode, we’re joined by John Sarver, Innovation and Technology Consultant at Saaslogic, providers of a next gen SaaS billing and subscription management platform.

    We talk about:


    • The impacts of segmentation in optimizing revenue operations
    • If early-stage startups need a revenue platform
    • How startups can best transition from focusing on tech to operations
    • Generational gaps in purchasing patterns
    • Helping merchants test pricing strategies


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    34 m
  • The Importance of Quality of Revenue + Tough Decisions, with Vipul Shah
    Feb 5 2024

    On today’s episode, we’re joined by Vipul Shah, Co-Founder (CEO & CFO) at SaaSWorks, which delivers a single source of customer, revenue, and usage data truth to CFOs and finance teams.


    We talk about:

    

    • The importance of quality of revenue (& the boring side)
    • Managing the conflict of fast growth versus quality of revenue
    • The challenges of low-fit customers
    • Stopping sales to less successful customer segments
    • The 2 metrics investors are focusing on in this tough environment


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    37 m