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20Growth: Inside Ramp's Growth Engine: How Ramp Became the Fastest Growing SaaS Company Ever | What Worked & What Did Not Work | How to Hire for Growth | How to Find Alpha in Channels Where No One Else Can with George Bonaci
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George Bonaci is the VP of Growth at Ramp, where he’s helping one of the fastest-growing fintech companies scale even further. Prior to Ramp, George was VP of Growth at Gong. Before Gong, George was at Samsara where he helped grow revenue from <$100M to >$650M ARR, and played a pivotal role in the company’s successful IPO.
In Today’s Growth Masterclass We Discuss:
03:57 How the Best Growth Teams Experiment
05:10 How to Allocate Bets and Resources for Growth
07:09 Velocity vs. Quality in Growth
15:05 The Role of Postmortems and How to Do Them
19:16 Growth Team Structure and Standalone or Not?
20:01 The Three Ways to Find Alpha in Growth
30:01 How to Hire for the Best Growth Hires
31:30 How to do Take-Home Assignments When Hiring for Growth
32:51 Common Pitfalls in Hiring Growth Talent
34:16 Investing in Management and Learning
42:43 How AI Changes Growth Products and Strategies
46:43 Quick Fire Round: Common Mistakes and Growth Channels