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On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Alexis Normand, CEO at Greenly.

Key Takeaways:

- Raising a $52M B round in a downturn SaaS market
- Scaling the GTM (Go to Market) organization
- How to successfully succeed with inbound marketing
- Content, Content & Content
- Democratizing the access to carbon accounting
- The carbon accounting platform that matches customer needs
- Helping companies to reduce their CO2 emissions

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Colin Carvey, CEO & Founder of Revedy

Key Takeaways:

The necessary creativity to be successful in business
M&A to open markets and then accelerate them through organic growth
The three ‘P’s’: People, Process and Prioritization
How to successfully lead 88 M&A deals with Vacasa
M&A to open markets and then accelerate them through organic growth
The beauty of bootstrapping Revedy

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Rob Bier, Smooth Scaling Author.

Key Takeaways:

- What not to do while creating a business
- Rob’s definition of scaling— and how it differs from ‘growing’
- Why the final stage is the hardest one to reach
- How to deal with complexity
- How the CEO role evolves in each stage of growth
- How do you know if you have a high performing team?

#smooth #scaling #leadership

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with John Than, Founder & CEO at Appficiency

Key Takeaways:

- Coming from Myanmar to Canada when Johnny was 3 years old;
- Representing world class brands as McKinsey, Dun & Bradstreet, Salesforce, Netsuite;
- The foundation and the why behind Appficiency
- The market maker strategy
- How to overcome growth plateaus
- How to transform yourself as the CEO the company needs to scale in each stage

In this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Kimal Singh, Founder & CEO at NDE Solutions.

Key Takeaways

‘The Art of the Start’ on bootstrapping mode: resilience and resourcefulness
Focusing on the right ideal customer profile
How to consider the difficult decision of hiring a CEO to keep scaling the company
Lessons learned scaling up from 0 to $8,5M in just 4 years
To leverage service business to fund your product business

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Brett Martin, VC at Charge & Co-Founder at Kumospace .

Key Takeaways
Coping with being a Founder at Kumospace and a VC at Charge
Tips to Manage in Person, Hybrid & Remote Teams
How to connect more naturally in a virtual work environment
AI trends that CEOs should be aware
The future of work