The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Angela Jackson on her approach to investing through empirical evidence and diversity at the decision-making table

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Angela Jackson from Portland Seed Fund. Portland Seed Fund invests in the most talented entrepreneurs in the region, those capable of building high-growth, capital-efficient companies in a variety of sectors. They operate a non-resident business accelerator program designed to connect entrepreneurs with Oregon’s growing startup ecosystem, from mentors and advisers to capital, customers and employees. They are committed to supporting their portfolio companies and helping them reach their potential.

Episode Outline

[04:39] Angela’s background

[07:16] How does sales and marketing operationalize their work

[10:13] The ability to be more creative and more agile with more of your execution moving forward.

[11:18] Early risk taking that you can model

[12:04] Technical founders who are creating product to solve kind of niche-y problems

[14:34] To be a good investor, you have to be willing to be wrong

[16:35] How to embrace a more diverse set of perspectives at the decision-making table

[17:04] Will she invest in purely technical co-founders?

[19:22] Use empirical evidence to decide what, what the best option is moving forward


Anglea's Inspirations:

Lucille Ball

Carol Burnett

her parents


Connect with Angela:

Portland Seed Fund

LinkedIn

Twitter

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Andrew Ettinger, an entrepreneurial and truly elite level sales executive helping best of breed technology companies scale, grow and succeed in the marketplace.

Andrew is a true, born and bred modern executive sales leader who leverages an astute business mind to deliver systems to organizations such that significant business outcomes are realized by the customer. He implements and firmly believes in the modern approach of measuring the Key Moments. They are pain, conversations (not pitch!), diagnose, trade, orchestrate, impact, and grow. A 10% improvement in this simple process over these 7 moments can deliver a 2x increase in ARR and a 10x increase in realized impact for the customer.

Episode Outline

[02:39] Andrew’s background

[04:16] Flexibility in mindset and not getting stuck in your ways

[08:13] Understanding that there's no problem with making mistakes. Learn and apply the lessons learned as you go forward.

[10:22] List of regulations from California

[11:18] On developing self awareness, self reflection, and deep introspection

[12:04] Technical evangelism and doing deep workshops that benefit the organization

[14:34] Privacy as a first class citizen and why that matters

[16:35] What works to instrument the workflows into production processes

[17:04] Navigating the turbulent waters of the enterprise

Andrew's Inspirations

Scott Yara

Jo Otto

Jill Rowley

Mark Roberge


Connect with Andrew

LinkedIn

Twitter

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