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Ash Fontana from Zetta Ventures and his new book: The AI-First Company

Welcome to GroundTruth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  In this episode, we talk to Ash Fontana, technology investor and author of the book The AI-First Company . Growing up in Australia, Ash began his path studying law and finance, then quickly turned into the tech space in Silicon Val...

Oct 11, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Microsoft's Jeff Ma on Building MSFT for Startups + Sports and Gambling Adventures

Welcome to GroundTruth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  In this episode, we talk to Jeff Ma, current General Manager of Microsoft for Startups, to talk about his multidisciplinary background, his business journey, and his passion for startups and innovation. With a formation influenced ...

Apr 29, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Outreach CEO Manny Medina on a First Principles Approach to Scaling

Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Ground Truth is hosted by Mercy Bell alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com or dogpatch.com/podcast for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  In this episode, we talk to Manny Medina, CEO at the leading sales engagement platform, Outreach. Once a young fisherman, Manny ...

Sep 03, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

SalesLoft's Kyle Porter on Org Health and Company Building in Atlanta

Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Mercy Bell hosts Ground Truth alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com for other Ground Truth episodes and dive deeper into each story.  In this episode, we talk to Kyle Porter, co-founder, and CEO of SalesLoft. Kyle shares with us how he’s managed to evolve and re-chart his course time and time a...

Aug 06, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Facebook's Christine Trodella On Building A Startup Inside Of Facebook

Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Ground Truth is hosted by Mercy Bell alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com or dogpatch.com/podcast for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  The guest for Episode 3 is Christine Trodella, a Director at Facebook and head of the Americas for their Workplace division. We ...

Jun 18, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Stripe's Jeanne DeWitt on Building a Sales Machine at Stripe (PART 2)

This is part 2 of our 2-part series with Jeanne DeWitt, Head of North America revenue and Growth at Stripe. Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Ground Truth is hosted by Mercy Bell alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  In part 2 of this series, Jeanne DeWitt, Hea...

May 18, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Stripe's Jeanne DeWitt on Her Career & Learnings From Google (PART 1)

This is part 1 of our 2-part series with Jeanne DeWitt, Head of North America revenue and Growth at Stripe. Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Ground Truth is hosted by Mercy Bell alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. To learn more, check out www.groundtruthpod.com for other Ground Truth episodes and a deeper dive into each story.  In this episode, we talk to Jeanne DeWitt, H...

May 17, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Trailer - Ground Truth: Data and the Future of Sales

Sales is often the last function in a company to truly harness the power of data. We want to change that by sharing the success stories of the modern companies that have achieved greatness through innovation in data analysis. Welcome to Ground Truth by Dogpatch Advisors, a podcast about company builders, leadership, and how operators use data to build the future of sales. Ground Truth is hosted by Mercy Bell alongside Kyle Williams and Ben Salzman. Check out groundtruthpod.com for other episodes...

May 09, 2020•1 min