Increasing Your Influence at Early Stage Companies with Claire Suellentrop (Forget the Funnel)

Working in a new company means your day-to-day responsibilities have to be tied to a larger goal. But when you’re fresh out of college in your first role, it’s hard to understand that perspective and how others work towards it. Claire Suellentrop, Co-Founder and COO of Forget the Funnel, knows the struggle.

In this episode, Claire talks about how valuable an outside perspective would’ve been to her growth when she was starting out. Listen to learn how you can set up your network to create a foundation for your growth in the industry.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. Understanding how different people approach work will save you from miscommunications and wasted work

2. The best people to give you advice are the ones who are only a few steps ahead

3. An outside perspective of your problems will help you overcome them quicker

Things to listen for:

[04:25] How Claire fell backwards into growth

[11:39] Learning to catch up to a company’s pace

[14:47] The importance of learning from someone a few steps ahead

[18:11] Understanding everyone’s working styles

[23:46] Overcoming a skillset-company culture mismatch

[27:58] Leaning into your strengths

[30:23] Why heads of growth turnover so quickly

Resources

- Connect with Claire on LinkedIn or Forget the Funnel

- Forget the Funnel book

- Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn or Twitter

- Learn more about Navattic

- Learn more about MadKudu