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Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast

Bowery Capital
Bowery Capital is an early stage venture capital fund that focuses solely on helping portfolio companies with sales related challenges. This podcast is a discussion between the Bowery Capital team and experienced industry friends in an effort to help a younger generation of startups better understand the issues and pain points they will face when thinking about early revenue generation.

Episodes

Metrics Matter: Creating an Effective Sales Framework with Derek Draper (Juniper Square)

This week we had Derek Draper , SVP of Sales at Juniper Square join the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast to discuss how he thinks about setting up an effective sales framework. Topics include: Breaking down your pipeline by volume, velocity, and conversion What metrics matter, and what steps can you take once you identify a weak area? Prospsect Personas: How to make sure you're speaking the right language to the right personWhy he made the jump from investor to founding and building a compan...

Jul 10, 202231 min

Building a Start-Up in a Bear Market with Baxter Lanius (Alternative)

Baxter Lanius, Founder and CEO of Alternative, shares his experience around building a sustainable, profitability focused startup. We discuss 1) the difference in a Private Equity vs Venture Capital mindset, 2) strategies for fundraising and scaling in a bear market 3) why he made the jump from investor to founding and building a company.

Jun 22, 202221 min

Building a Product-led Growth Engine with Krishan Patel (Apollo)

Krishan Patel, VP of Product of Apollo, shares his experience around building a product-led growth engine and discuss 1) how he shifted his career from sales to product, 2) how and why to shift a sales-led org to a product-led one (and how Apollo did it) and 3) what about your company and product needs to be right to know if you should lean into PLG or not?

Jun 09, 202228 min

Buyerside Chat: Ian Andrews, Chief Marketing Officer (Chainalysis)

Ian Andrews, CMO of Chainalysis, joins to share his experience as a buyer from organizations like Chainalysis, Pivotal, Teradata, and Opsware.  Topics include: 1) What separates a good email from one that gets instantly deleted? 2) How to do effective research on your prospect before reaching out. 3) What should you know about the company before your first conversation? 4) Why coming into a meeting with a hypothesis is better than a blank page. Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcas...

May 25, 202230 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Buyerside Chat: Reba Cox, Dir. of Procurement (MongoDB)

Reba Cox joins to share her experience as a buyer from organizations like MongoDB, Philips, and ESAB. Topics include 1) what procurement actually does behind the scenes 2) negotiating price vs value with procurement 3) why procurement will never be your champion and strategies to keep them from becoming a blocker. Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for more like this.

May 05, 202231 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Buyerside Chat: Jonathan Cochrane, VP Operations (SaaSOptics)

Jonathan Cochrane joins to share his experience as a buyer from organizations like EY, ScienceLogic, Higher Logic, and SaaSOptics. Topics include 1) how being able to adapt your demo on the fly leads to sales 2) why trying to show all your product features is like a terrible first date and 3) what he looks for when teams present vendors to him for budget approval. Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for more like this.

Apr 06, 202227 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Buyerside Chat: Chad Wonderling, CAO (Salesloft)

Chad Wonderling joins to share his experience as a buyer from organizations like Salesloft, Rubicon, and Ceres Global. Topics include 1) What is a CAO and how is it different to other finance roles, 2) what makes an outbound email stick out, 3) how to use LinkedIn to build relationships with prospects, and 4) why sales is a lot like dating. Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for more like this.

Mar 23, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Buyerside Chat: Chris Spooner, SVP Finance (Rubicon)

Chris Spooner joins to share his experience as a buyer from organizations like Rubicon and Novelis. Topics include 1) How to enable your champion to go get a "yes" and not a "go do more work", 2) the art of blind calendar invites, do's and don'ts, and 3) a cold call that actually worked and why it worked Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for more like this.

Mar 09, 202226 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Scaling Culture in a Remote World with Brendan Tolleson (RevPartners)

Brendan Tolleson, CEO and Co-founder of RevPartners, joins the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast to discuss 1) Scaling culture by simplifying it into Intentionality, Documentation, Rewards, and Ownership, 2) How to bring new hires up to speed culturally in the first 90 days, and 3) Mission and Margin: How to move at VC pace and pursue excellence but also truly care for your people and customers in an authentic way.

Feb 23, 202226 min

Buyer's Corner: Rakib Azad, VP Finance (Chainalysis)

Rakib Azad joins to share his experience as a buyer from organizations like Chainalysis, MongoDB, Footlocker, and Ladders. Topics include 1) how to work with your champion and align your product to the company's priorities, 2) why not doing your research can (and will) kill your deal, and 3) pet peeves sellers should stop right away to avoid getting blocked :) Follow the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for more like this.

Feb 09, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 1

The 2021 Startup Sales Stack with Michael Brown and Eugene Godsoe (Bowery Capital)

This week we dove into 1) Vendor consolidation with insights from Mark Roberge, former CRO of Hubspot 2) Marketing automation growth 3) Covid's impact on how sales leaders should think through data, coaching, and analytics 4) Prioritizing what tools to get and when as an early stage company. This report, in partnership with G2, is meant to serve as a guiding framework for anyone evaluating sales, marketing, customer success or management software solutions.  Link to the report: https:/...

Feb 02, 202230 min
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