533 episodes

The GTM Podcast interviews well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Scott Barker to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down.This podcast is produced by GTMnow, the media brand of GTMfund - sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350 of the best go-to-market executives. GTMfund is an early-stage VC fund focused on investing in the most exciting, up-and-coming B2B SaaS companies across the world. The LP network consists of VP and C-level Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success leaders from companies like DocuSign, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Snowflake, Okta, Zoom, and many more.Visit gtmnow.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletter and other content resources.

The GTM Podcast GTMnow by GTMfund

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    • 4.6 • 140 Ratings

The GTM Podcast interviews well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Scott Barker to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down.This podcast is produced by GTMnow, the media brand of GTMfund - sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350 of the best go-to-market executives. GTMfund is an early-stage VC fund focused on investing in the most exciting, up-and-coming B2B SaaS companies across the world. The LP network consists of VP and C-level Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success leaders from companies like DocuSign, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Snowflake, Okta, Zoom, and many more.Visit gtmnow.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletter and other content resources.

    GTM 104: Winning with Systems and Relationships in Sales Leadership with Ralph Barsi

    GTM 104: Winning with Systems and Relationships in Sales Leadership with Ralph Barsi

    Ralph Barsi is the VP of Sales at Kahua, a leading construction management platform. Prior to Kahua, Ralph held executive roles at Tray.io and ServiceNow. While at ServiceNow, he built and led a team of 230 people across the globe, during thecompany’s growth from from $1 billion to over $4 billion in revenue. Prior to ServiceNow, Ralph was the VP of Field Operations at Achievers (acquired by Blackhawk Network) and the Manager of Sales Development at InsideView (acquired by DemandBase). Ralph ...

    • 52 min
    GTM 103: Blockchain's Impact on Finance and Investing with Annelise Osborne

    GTM 103: Blockchain's Impact on Finance and Investing with Annelise Osborne

    Annelise Osborne is Chief Business Officer at Kadena, a Layer 1, POW blockchain where she is focused on upgrading finance. Annelise has 20 years of experience in traditional finance and seven years in digital assets. She is a thought leader, board advisor, university lecturer and author. Her book, From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets in Traditional Finance, hit shelves in June. Annelise holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics from The College of William an...

    • 57 min
    GTM 102: Building Trust, Embracing Old-School Tactics, and Scaling Sales Teams with David Greenberger

    GTM 102: Building Trust, Embracing Old-School Tactics, and Scaling Sales Teams with David Greenberger

    David Greenberger leads CHEQ’s North America sales team. CHEQ is a cybersecurity platform primarily focused on protecting the Go-to-Market organization (preventing fake leads to sales team, skewed analytics from bots/malicious users etc). David is well-versed in building and perfecting Go-To-Market processes both from $0 and at 100 y/o companies. CHEQ is David’s 5th startup. Directly before CHEQ, David was in a leadership capacity at Hitachi Vantara, in the deep-enterprise Big Data / AI space...

    • 53 min
    GTM 101: A Founder's Guide to Financing Environments and Navigating Venture Debt with Nick Dolik

    GTM 101: A Founder's Guide to Financing Environments and Navigating Venture Debt with Nick Dolik

    Nick Dolik is a NYC-based investor, currently the Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, and is focused on supporting founders and funding high-growth technology companies. Nick is passionate about entrepreneurship and has spent the past ~10 years backing various startups, including multiple unicorns.Discussed in this Episode:The current state of the financing environment for startups.Venture debt: what it is, how it works, and why it exists.Advantages of venture debt for founders and when...

    • 1 hr 7 min
    GTM 100: GTMnow, Building a Media Brand on Top of GTMfund

    GTM 100: GTMnow, Building a Media Brand on Top of GTMfund

    In this milestone 100th episode, Scott is joined by Sophie Buonassisi, VP of Marketing at GTMfund and GTMnow and a key architect behind the media brand's growth. Sophie leads media, marketing and community across the fund and the media company. Discussed in this Episode:The evolution of GTMfund's media strategy to multi-channel brand.Insights on building a profitable media company within a venture capital firm.Key metrics and growth strategies for the GTMnow brand and assets.Lessons lear...

    • 1 hr 6 min
    GTM 99: Mastering Customer Success in the AI New Age with Jon Dick

    GTM 99: Mastering Customer Success in the AI New Age with Jon Dick

    Jon Dick is the Global SVP of Customer Success at HubSpot where he’s focused on helping millions of organizations grow better. Prior to customer success, Jon led marketing teams at HubSpot, Trunk Club, and Klout. He has a background in improvised comedy and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School.Discussed in this Episode:The rising importance of customer success in the age of AI and efficiency.Balancing proactive and reactive strategies to serve 200,000+ customers.The evolution of co...

    • 55 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
140 Ratings

140 Ratings

Kaydub23 ,

Kelly Hopping episode is 🔥

Amazing authentic advice and perspectives from Kelly. Useful and inspirational. Interviewer does a stellar job steering the convo.

amit_a55 ,

Always feels authentic

Best source of real-world startup stories I’ve seen. Never fails to provide great conversations and valuable insights

YouShouldTalkTo ,

A must listen

If you’re in any sort of sales/marketing role, you’d be hard pressed to find a better, more real, podcast to listen to.

So many goodies from folks who have ACTUALLY been in the arena. A must listen.

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