The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Chris Combs of LinkSquares on the importance of getting the right people in the right seats

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Chris Combs. As SVP of Business Development, Chris is responsible for managing strategic partnerships and corporate relationships across the company.

Chris is a serial entrepreneur who has built multiple companies from concept. He brings a unique perspective on how to build and take products to market, while developing strategic relationships across prospects, customers, and partners.

Episode Outline

[04:39] Chris’s background

[07:16] What is takes to find product market fit

[10:13] What he learned was what success looked like

[11:18] Blueprint for entire future executive to impact

[12:04] Thinking about how a startup would scale

[14:34] Habits to be great at crossing the chasm

[16:35] Refuse to sort of sit and pontificate over like products and product

[17:04] How to find the right people and getting them in the right seats

[19:22] What was hugely valuable and formative for him


Chris' Inspirations

Advisory team at DraftKings and Carbonite


Connect with Chris

LinkedIn

LinkSquares

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Kasey Byrne of Rasa. A company building the standard infrastructure for conversational AI. With over half a million downloads since launch, our open-source tools are loved by developers worldwide, and Rasa runs in production everywhere from startups to Fortune 500s. Their friendly community is growing fast, with developers from all over the world learning from each other and working together to make text- and voice-based AI assistants better.

Episode Outline

[04:39] How Kasey apply big picture thinking into her career

[07:16] The trap most marketers fall into

[10:13] How to judge whether it is math question vs communications question

[12:04] Steps in developing team spirit and energy

[16:34] The process of seizing fabulous opportunity right now

[16:35] Lessons from running large marketing campaigns and listening to contextual cues

[19:22] The importance of running a good referral marketing strategy

[27:04] How Al is like chiropractic for the marketing plan

Kasey’s Inspirations:

Jonathan Cowperthwaite


Contact Kasey

www.kaseybyrne.com

LinkedIn

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