The Demand Efficiency Podcast

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Demand Generation

Growth

Alex Bilmes [VP of Growth at Puppet] reflects on the growth that led to his first exit.

Podcast outline

[01:09] Alex’s background

[02:42] What Alex does in his role as VP of Growth at Puppet

[03:57] Lessons Alex has learned through his former positions that have influenced what he does at Puppet today

[06:03] Focus on product market fit before instrumenting telemetry and funnels

[07:00] How to know when you’ve over indexed and need to course correct

[08:23] Time with customers is important in the early stages

[13:22] Pros and cons to being somewhere small and being somewhere larger

[16:44] Why it’s important to know what you want and why

[19:00] How Alex unwinds


Alex’s Inspirations

Dave Hesch

Yvonne Wassenaar


Connect with Alex

LinkedIn

Twitter

Episode outline

[00:40] How Michael went from 200K to 6M in ARR at Namely

[03:26] The most challenging aspect of Michael’s first 6 months at Namely

[04:55] The most important actions to take in developing a pricing strategy

[07:54] The moment when Namely’s revenue motion and ICP fell into place

[09:30] What Michael learned from the impressive board he worked with at Namely

[11:24] Preconceptions Michael had and what he learned after experience

[15:14] What got Michael excited about working with Orculus

[16:58] Michael’s professional goals for the next 12 months

[19:00] How Michael unplugs and recharges


Michael’s Inspirations

Scott Scherr

Mitchell Dauerman

Mark Roberge

Carl Eschenbach


Connect with Michael

LinkedIn

Twitter

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