NC26 - Why Chrys Chrysanthou invested in SmartUp
Chrys Chrysanthou, Principal at Notion Capital, on why he invested in SmartUp. We discuss employee knowledge creation and sharing for a fast changing and demanding global workforce.

Chrys Chrysanthou, Principal at Notion Capital, on why he invested in SmartUp. We discuss employee knowledge creation and sharing for a fast changing and demanding global workforce.
Tom Castley, sales leader and SaaS expert, on building high performing sales team. We discuss about hiring for potential and coach-ability, the reality of on-boarding and quota, and the sustainability of quota setting and incentives.
Stephen Millard joined in January 2016 to lead Notion’s platform strategy. Stephen joined from Eccomplished, a retail tech advisory and strategic partner to Notion Capital. As CEO and Founder, he worked exclusively within the early stage retail technology sector, developing investment and growth strategies for companies including Amplience, Aurora Commerce, Brightpearl, Demandware, Detego, eCommera, Intelligent Reach and RichRelevance. He was previously Oracle European Marketing Director and Mes...
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Jos White, partner at Notion Capital, on team, product and market, the cornerstones of startup success.
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Martin Palethorpe, Executive Coach and Founder at Pragma Group, on amplifying healthy high-performing people and organizations.
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Russell has been working in digital for over a decade with data analytics at the heart of his career. Working with businesses from startup to FTSE100 he has guided teams to improve their marketing performance through data led insight. Following positions in-house, agency and consultancy side he now leads a team as CEO in building a marketing attribution platform. CUBED Attribution is supporting a new view of digital data to enable brands understand how consumers truly interact with their marketi...
In this episode, Patrick Campbell, co-founder and CEO at Price Intelligently, on how pricing and understanding the customer are two faces of the same coin. Patrick is the Co-founder and CEO of Price Intelligently, the team and software behind some of the biggest and best SaaS pricing strategy out there from companies like New Relic and Autodesk to Wistia and Litmus. PI is also the maker of ProfitWell, which is free SaaS financial metrics for your billing system.
In this episode, Keith Wallington, Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp and startup strategy advisor, on aptly sequencing the scale and growth of SaaS businesses. Keith has led strategy and execution in digital and technology businesses since the 1990’s: his experience in driving digital business models spans Retail Banking, Telecommunications, Online Live Broadcasting, Software and Software as a Service (SaaS): he has led digital business strategy initiatives for businesses including Microsoft...
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