The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Rob Brewster shares lessons from the early growth trenches at Salesforce, Twilio, and Eloqua and what can be applied to startups sprinting to $10M ARR

Episode Outline

[02:10] Most important lessons Rob has brought to GoFormz from former companies

[04:00] How Rob motivates people and the challenges that come with motivating others

[07:25] How Rob has been driving growth at GoFormz

[11:53] Examples of sales advice Rob has given to help companies grow

[17:50] The importance of understanding your customer base

[20:08] Rob’s personal professional goals

[21:30] How Rob unwinds


Rob’s Inspirations

Mark Bickerstaffe

Bobby Napiltonia

Marc Benioff


Connect with Rob

LinkedIn

Website

Twitter

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Sean’s background

[07:16] Operational issues and then the other one had to do with just the fundamental shift

[10:13] Reason these companies were failing, had more to do with people and the behaviors of the people

[11:18] Realize that affiliation with a company who's been successful in that industry

[12:04] Hiring and supporting and developing and growing other humans

[14:34] If you think about things from a red, yellow, green perspective, you put people in a stoplight bucket

[16:35] Best fit based on their characteristics and attributes because the majority of the Academy students are adult learners. The true character of a person is not how you act in this life, but how you react.

[17:04] If you don't like something, you already know it. It's probably not going to continue to enjoy it.

[19:22] There's social responsibility, corporate responsibility, environmental responsibility, and personal responsibility.

[20:19] Starting over with the concept of what problems do my customers have right now that can really solve, and growth mindset is going to be more important.


Sean's Inspirations:

His father

His wife

Will Bunker


Connect with Sean:

LinkedIn

Twitter

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