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Grit

Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.

Tech Sales Business Startup Leadership Technology Marketing
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
64 minutes
Episodes
259
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, Qasar Younis: Creating Customer-Oriented Company Cultures

Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, Qasar Younis: Creating Customer-Oriented Company Cultures

When it comes to building a company from the ground up, Qasar Younis has done it all. 

A mechanical engineer by trade and entrepreneur at heart, Qasar transitioned from working on cars to building sta…

00:55:47  |   Mon 25 Jan 2021
Board Director at Fastly, Kelly Wright: How She Went from Selling Door to Door to Board Director

Board Director at Fastly, Kelly Wright: How She Went from Selling Door to Door to Board Director

Kelly Wright has had a remarkable career in sales, from her early days selling books door to door to joining Tableau as a developing startup and helping them grow into a multi-billion dollar company …

00:49:18  |   Mon 11 Jan 2021
CRO Auth0, Dave Wilner: Discussing Growth and Leadership

CRO Auth0, Dave Wilner: Discussing Growth and Leadership

Dave Wilner joined Auth0 in November of 2014, and has played an instrumental role in growing the company to $1 billion in valuation.

In this episode of Go to Market, Joubin and Dave discuss Dave’s uni…

00:37:51  |   Mon 28 Dec 2020
CRO Atlassian, Cameron Deatsch: Exploring Atlassian’s Unorthodox Strategy

CRO Atlassian, Cameron Deatsch: Exploring Atlassian’s Unorthodox Strategy

Atlassian is one of the most unorthodox technology companies in the world. Almost everything the company does is completely different than what you would expect. And yet, the organization has been ma…

00:55:16  |   Mon 14 Dec 2020
CRO Twilio, Marc Boroditsky: A Behind the Scenes Look at Twilio’s Go to Market Strategy

CRO Twilio, Marc Boroditsky: A Behind the Scenes Look at Twilio’s Go to Market Strategy

Marc Boroditisky brings a unique perspective to the table as CRO of Twilio, as a founder and builder who has led several companies. 

In this episode of Go to Market, Joubin and Marc discuss his unique…

00:51:30  |   Mon 30 Nov 2020
SVP and Head of Sales at AppsFlyer, Mar Brandt: Leadership Insights

SVP and Head of Sales at AppsFlyer, Mar Brandt: Leadership Insights

Mar Brandt is a sales veteran and ad tech expert who has spent time at leading organizations including Experian, Sitecore, and most recently AppsFlyer. Mar is also a founding member and senior execut…

00:45:04  |   Mon 16 Nov 2020
COO of LinkedIn, Dan Shapero: Discussing Go to Market Leadership

COO of LinkedIn, Dan Shapero: Discussing Go to Market Leadership

Imagine taking a company like LinkedIn to a billion dollars in sales in just a few years, only to leave at the top of your game to rebuild your career and pursue a different path in product.


That’s e…

00:50:40  |   Mon 02 Nov 2020
B2B General Manager of Calm, Jim Herbold: Describing ‘Unicorn Meat’

B2B General Manager of Calm, Jim Herbold: Describing ‘Unicorn Meat’

Jim Herbold played an instrumental role in scaling Box, growing the company from $600k to $200m over the course of seven years — only to pivot and leave the company a year before their IPO.

In this ep…

01:09:46  |   Mon 19 Oct 2020
VP and GM at Shopify, Loren Padelford: Breaking the Rules in Sales

VP and GM at Shopify, Loren Padelford: Breaking the Rules in Sales

Sales is full of doctrines, or commonly shared beliefs, that are repeated over and over again, often without question — from hiring to business development. And blindly following can inhibit growth a…

00:52:48  |   Mon 05 Oct 2020
SVP Sales Modern Health, Hannah Willson: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health in Sales

SVP Sales Modern Health, Hannah Willson: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health in Sales

In this episode of Go to Market Grit, Modern Health VP of Sales Hannah Willson explains how Modern Health is working to normalize and de-stigmatize cognitive wellbeing health in the workplace.  

Accor…

00:39:40  |   Mon 21 Sep 2020
Chief Sales Officer at Brex, Sam Blond: Recruiting Talent

Chief Sales Officer at Brex, Sam Blond: Recruiting Talent

If there’s one person who knows a thing or two about sales growth, it’s Brex Chief Sales Officer Sam Blond, who has been a part of some legendary sales runs during his career. Sam joined Zenefits in …

00:51:08  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
CRO Cockroach Labs, Jeff Miller: Building an Effective Open Source Go to Market Strategy

CRO Cockroach Labs, Jeff Miller: Building an Effective Open Source Go to Market Strategy

In a study from Red Hat, 95 percent of respondents said open source was strategically important to their organization, while 77 percent agreed that open source will continue to grow. Yet, that doesn’…

00:35:35  |   Mon 24 Aug 2020
VP Sales at Mixpanel, Meka Asonye: Exploring Analytics, High Velocity Sales, and Stigmas

VP Sales at Mixpanel, Meka Asonye: Exploring Analytics, High Velocity Sales, and Stigmas

Topics:

  • Is there a stigma around intelligence in sales?
  • How to enable high velocity sales

Many organizations today are struggling to strike a balance between being data-driven and gut-driven. For pointe…

00:53:18  |   Mon 10 Aug 2020
CRO CircleCI, Jane Kim: Leading with Vulnerability and Making Mistakes

CRO CircleCI, Jane Kim: Leading with Vulnerability and Making Mistakes

In this episode of Go to Market Grit, CircleCI CRO Jane Kim shares valuable insight about her experiences growing a global organization, and trying to build an effective team and strategy. Joubin and…

00:46:03  |   Mon 27 Jul 2020
CRO TripActions, Carlos Delatorre: The Science of Sales

CRO TripActions, Carlos Delatorre: The Science of Sales

In this episode of Go to Market Grit, TripActions CRO and Silicon Valley sales legend Carlos Delatorre opens up about what it takes to build powerful and effective sales teams and strategies. Joubin …

00:54:42  |   Mon 13 Jul 2020
CRO Obsidian Security, Bob Kruse: Building a Winning Sales Culture

CRO Obsidian Security, Bob Kruse: Building a Winning Sales Culture

In this episode of Go to Market Grit, Obsidian Security CRO and sales veteran Bob Kruse shares his thoughts on culture, and how it impacts sales teams. Bob and Joubin discuss why having a strong cult…

00:46:57  |   Mon 29 Jun 2020
VP of Sales at Palo Alto Networks, Jeff StClair : Discovering, Recruiting, and Coaching Sales Talent

VP of Sales at Palo Alto Networks, Jeff StClair : Discovering, Recruiting, and Coaching Sales Talent

In this episode, Jeff StClair, currently VP of Sales at Palo Alto Networks and most recently VP Sales at Evident.io shares his thoughts on how startups can more effectively discover, attract, and ret…

00:33:40  |   Mon 22 Jun 2020
Chief Sales and Success Officer at Slack, Bob Frati: Exploring Slack’s Key Growth Levers and Competition

Chief Sales and Success Officer at Slack, Bob Frati: Exploring Slack’s Key Growth Levers and Competition

In Episode #1 of Go to Market Grit, Slack’s SVP of Sales and Customer Success, Bob Frati, gives the inside scoop about the company’s sales and go-to-market strategy, and why they have been able to sc…

00:50:56  |   Tue 16 Jun 2020
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About the Joubin Mirzadegan

Joubin has been with Kleiner Perkins since 2019 where he advises the KP portfolio companies on how to build and scale a robust go-to-market strategy. Additionally, he enabl…

00:00:45  |   Mon 20 Apr 2020
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