GTM Disrupted with Mike Smart

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  • The pace of change has never been faster and yet it will never be this slow again. For the tech world, the rules for product and market success are continuously being disrupted. It is hard for product managers and product marketers to see clearly the radical changes that will impact product and market direction. Mike Smart of Egress Solutions sits with product marketing and product management leaders of the software and technology sector to explore trends that will impact their product and go-to-market decisions. Tune in for your fill of business, tech, and industry insights from thought leaders who change the game.
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Episodes
  • Growth and Revenue Architecture

    Growth and Revenue Architecture
    Dec 27 2024
    GTM Disrupted host Mike Smart meets with Roee Hartuv, a Revenue Architect at Winning by Design, a global B2B revenue consulting and training company. Roee shares insights from his work at Winning by Design, successfully implementing the "bowtie” framework and using a model driven approach scale SaaS companies no matter what stage they are. Roee and Mike unpack the critical challenges and opportunities facing SaaS companies as they emerge from the “crash” and shift to a more sustainable retention-first growth strategy. Key Takeaways:  How to transition from acquisition-focused to retention-driven growth.  Leveraging data models and the "bowtie" framework to unify the go-to-market teams  Overcoming the legacy mindset to achieve sustainable growth  The importance of building industry-wide standards to mature the SaaS space. Roee’s Bio: Roee Hartuv is a Revenue Architect at Winning by Design (WbD), working with SaaS scale-up companies to help them drive sustainable revenue growth. Hartuv is a B2B startup executive with more than 18 years of experience working at high-growth SaaS companies. With a penchant for accelerating business growth through optimizing sales strategies and customer success strategies, Hartuv is passionate about helping companies work toward better revenue. Previously, Hartuv held executive positions in sales and customer success at four different startups at various stages and segments. He helped growth-stage startups raise capital and implemented growth strategies. Throughout his career, Roee has built and managed sales, CS, and marketing teams. Hartuv holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Computer Science from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya in Israel. Roee is based in Berlin, Germany. To learn more about Roee to go https://www.linkedin.com/in/roeehartuv/
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    32 mins
  • Customer Success Growth Strategies

    Customer Success Growth Strategies
    Dec 10 2024
    GTM Disrupted host Mike Smart and Rod Cherkas, author and CEO of HelloCCO explore how customer success has evolved into a key driver of growth in SaaS businesses. Rod draws on his extensive experience as a customer success leader at companies like RingCentral, Marketo, and Gainsight to inform the discussion. He shares insights from his new book, REACH, and explains how SaaS companies implement this framework to fuel top-line growth and generate expansion revenue. Key Takeaways from this Episode Include:  Leveraging Customer Success as a Growth Engine  Adopting the REACH Framework  Utilizing AI as a Transformational Tool for Customer Success About Rod Cherkas Rod Cherkas is a highly regarded consultant to CEOs, CCOs, CROs, and their customer-facing leaders. He has held post-sale executive roles at several customer-centric organizations, including Intuit, RingCentral, Marketo, and Gainsight. Currently, he is the Founder and CEO of HelloCCO, a strategy consulting firm that collaborates with innovative companies across various industries to develop, execute, and scale strategies for their customer-facing functions. Rod's work focuses on improving customer retention, increasing profitability, and optimizing productivity. He is the author of the bestselling books, "The Chief Customer Officer Playbook" and "REACH: A Framework for Driving Revenue Growth from Your Existing Customers." To learn more about Rod to go - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodcherkas/ or https://rodcherkas.com/
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    37 mins
  • Strategies for Scaling Sales

    Strategies for Scaling Sales
    Nov 20 2024
    GTM Disrupted host Mike Smart connects with Peter Ahn, a Sales Performance Coach, to explore the growth challenges and opportunities facing executives at early-stage and SMB companies. Together, they discuss strategies for scaling revenue, aligning teams, and driving growth in today’s dynamic markets. Peter highlights common sales challenges faced by both product-led growth (PLG) and sales-led growth (SLG) companies, regardless of size. He explains that buyers, no matter how they engage with a company, are primarily interested in understanding the company's vision and perspective on the future. Peter emphasizes the importance of thought leadership and aligning philosophically with buyers, advocating for a focus on solving buyer problems rather than overemphasizing vendor solutions. Key Takeaways from this episode include:  Building resilience during economic uncertainty  Achieving cross-functional sales alignment  Developing an authentic sales strategy  Adopting buyer-centric approaches About Peter Ahn With over 15 years of enterprise sales experience, Peter Ahn has worked at industry-leading companies such as Google, Dropbox, Slack, Front, and Twingate. His expertise extends beyond corporate giants; he has collaborated with over 40 founders to help build sales teams and strategies from the ground up. As a Korean American tech sales coach, Peter is an active voice in promoting full inclusion and representation of Asian Americans in leadership. His unique superpower lies in transforming strategic frameworks into actionable steps that drive results while fostering an inclusive and diverse environment. To learn more about Peter Ahn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-ahn-47538511/
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    33 mins

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