Tech Culture Begins with Good Employees
Mark Godley sits down with Rob Kornblum, author, former VC, and friend. Rob and Mark discuss their years in tech startups and why culture, hiring and people are the essential ingredients in a successful startup. Rob even goes so far to say that the team is more important than the product! Whoa! Join the podcast to hear from a successful author, VC, and data wonk about the skills and savvy you need to hire and succeed in the startup world.
A View from a Data Builder - the State of B2B from a Wholesaler
The first Data Dump podcast guest of 2019 is none other than Rick Holmes, Founder of Every Market Media. Rick is a longtime friend, peer and data wrangler of Mark Godley, CEO of LeadGenius. That means that nothing is off limits...are direct dials dead in 2019, will email be obsolete in five years, how will LinkedIn survive, and what are the dirty little secrets of B2B data wrangling. The wholesale data entrepreneur and enthusiast will entertain and school the listeners of what happens behind the velvet curtain of mass data collection and why he loves it so much.
About our guest, Rick Holmes, Founder, Every Market Media
Rick is an outbound marketing enthusiast who brings value to his customers through data feeds, software and analytical thinking.
Most recently, he launched LeadPorte.com to provide greater access to EMM B2B data.
Prior accomplishments include ranking on the Inc 5000 three times, building a sales team from 4 to 40 and bootstrapping a business to $1 million+ in sales in its first 12 months.
A Deep Dive into a Self-Funded Start Up with Maria Grineva
For the November 2018 episode of Data Dump, Mark Godley, CEO of LeadGenius, chats with Maria Grineva, CEO and Co-Founder at Orb Intelligence, about her experiences as a serial entrepreneur in the data space over the last decade. What sets Maria apart from the pack is that she has built her companies without venture capital funds.
A Different Kind of Data Buyer: Private Equity Investing in Data Companies
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This month’s Data Dump Podcast spotlight’s a different kind of data buyer - a buyer of data companies. Mark Godley, Data Dump Host & CEO of LeadGenius, chats with Jason Mironov, Principal TA Associates, about the role that private equity investments play in the data world.
Fool’s Gold? Life After Your Tech Purchases
Mark Godley puts Jim Gearhart, Senior Director, Enterprise Business Applications & Development at Zendesk, in the hot seat to discuss all things Martech. Jim has an abundance of knowledge, insight and strong opinions about how to build a tech stack that will actually improve ROI and the data you need to fuel it.
Two Old Dogs and a Young Pup - Generational Perspectives on B2B Data
Mark Godley sits down with Karan Singh, COO at SalesSource, and Lars Nilsson, CEO of SalesSource, to discuss why data can make or break B2B GTM strategy. Between the three of these data dogs they know a thing or two about data and most of it has been learned through trial by fire in their early years. Join the podcast to hear what pitfalls to avoid when choosing a data provider and what defines success.
Most recently, Karan led the global Sales Strategy, Programs & Analytics role within Cloudera, where he was responsible for driving the Go-To-Market Strategy, which was instrumental in the overall IPO readiness and execution effort within the company. Karan has also held leadership roles within Corporate Operations (Deal Desk, Order Management), Sales Systems and Compensation Design.
Prior to serving as the co-founder and COO of SalesSource, Karan held leadership roles at ArcSight and Cloudera, both of which were propelled to an IPO through strong operational infrastructure and sales strategy.
Lars and his team at Cloudera developed the sales methodology Account-Based Sales Development (ABSD), which has transformed how businesses approach high-value targets. Lars also led the sales enablement and field readiness teams at Cloudera. These two functions are becoming increasingly important to fast-growth companies looking to rapidly scale sales orgs by shortening onboarding and ramp time for sales reps.
Lars has served in sales executive roles at ArcSight/Hewlett Packard, Riverbed Technology and Portal Software – all three of which achieved IPOs, in addition to Cloudera (2017).
Data: Past, present and future with Don Wynns
During our interview with Don Wynns, VP of OEM and Partnerships at HG Data, host Mark Godley will cover buying trends and the quality of data throughout the past two decades and what the future holds. Other topics we will touch on are: ABM, GDPR, third party data and the ethics of B2B data build processes. We promise this will not be as dry as it sounds! Join us or listen later, but either way, if you are a data wonk you don't want to miss this.
The Evolution of Sales - Reflections on Many Decades in the Trenches
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While sales functions have changed its evolution has been just as dramatic as its sister discipline of marketing. In this program, host Mark Godley, CEO of LeadGenuis will interview Mike D'Onofrio Chief Revenue Officer of LeanData. Mark explores with Mike why today is the best of times to be in sales and the expected future of the sales profession. The program guest host is Mark Godley.