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How Canva Reinvented its Enterprise Sales Motion at $1B ARR with Aarti Raman
Product-led and sales-led growth motions aren't binary; they exist on a spectrum. In this episode of Operations, we dive into the fascinating story of Canva’s go-to-market evolution with Aarti Raman, former Global Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations.
What Separates Seasoned CROs from rising VPs Sales with pclub.io CEO Chris Orlob
What separates the best CROs from up-and-coming sales leaders? In this episode of Operations, we dive deep with Chris Orlob, CEO at pclub.io, to uncover the skills and traits that distinguish world-class revenue leaders. After nearly 1,000 conversations w
A Blueprint for Championing and Inspiring Operators with The Revenue Operations Manual Author Laura Adint
This fall, my new book, The Revenue Operations Manual, a blueprint for running a world-class RevOps org, was released. The book includes interviews with 50+ world-class Operators (many of which came from this show!), success stories from real world role m
Why the AI Agent Era Will Change Everything with Bonfire Ventures' Brett Queener
Have you ever had a conversation that just sticks with you for days? It challenges everything you previously thought to be true. You sit up at night re-running parts of it in your head. I had one of those recently with Brett Queener, Managing Director at
The Challenges of Operations in a Usage-Based Business with Checkr's Lauren Davis
If you spend most of your career in a particular business model, it might be difficult to translate some of the things you believe to be foundational into a completely different model. A great example of this is for Operators who are used to the typical S
Inside OpenAI's Operations Team with Keith Jones
If youre having a conversation about the worlds most innovative companies, its hard to imagine a conversation taking place that doesnt mention OpenAI.OpenAI, specifically OpenAIs ChatGPT, has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for everyone,
How the Best Sales Leaders Approach Planning with TigerEye's Will Magnuson and Anna Randall
Its funny how certain stereotypes emerge about different roles in an organization. On todays episode, were talking to not 1, but 2 incredibly accomplished Sales Leaders who are pushing back on the stereotypes of the typical Sales leader, particularly w
The Emergence of Revenue Orchestration Platforms with Forrester's Anthony McPartlin
It can be hard sometimes to keep up with the pace of change in the tech landscape. New tools, new possibilities, new categories emerge. Luckily, there are folks whose job is to not only keep tabs on all these trends, but decipher what they mean for the re
Adapting from SaaS to Services with Mission Cloud's Dina Otero
The best Operators I know exhibit "adaptive excellence." They can be dropped into any brand new situation, use their experience and the context of the new situation to figure out what will work best in this new environment, and ultimately thrive.Our guest
The Color-Coding Exercise to Unlock Your RevOps Career Growth
Operators are employees who want to learn. They want to stretch their minds and better understand an organization and how all its pieces fit together. Yet it's common for Operators to get pigeonholed into a specific Ops function or tied to a specific inte