Growth Unscripted

Amy sits down with Carolyn to discuss how she creates an inclusive company environment in which people can thrive, founding AnswerLab, how they shifted their strategy to conduct user research remotel…

Carlos tells us about helping take MongoDB public, what’s next for TripActions, growing up in Miami, his first sales jobs, working at PTC, moving to Barcelona, tech in the late 90’s, his key to build…

Nick joins Carolyn to discuss Gainsight’s acquisition by Vista, growing up in Pittsburgh, the importance of community in the growth of the customer success field, how he runs a human-centric company,…

If there’s anyone who knows how to dream, it’s Ron DeShay. After arriving in Los Angeles with his Ford Explorer on a U-Haul, he quickly rose through the ranks of Hollywood to become a producer on Ame…

Jaimie discusses her experience at Andreessen Horowitz, her transition from sales engineer to sales rep at VMware, joining Zendesk, losing her job during the dot-com bubble, working with small compan…

Kim Seabrook, Shopify’s Head of Revenue US West and Salesforce Alum, joins Carolyn to talk about leaving Salesforce after 14 years, why she makes mentoring other women a priority, the importance of a…

Christina Stembel, founder & CEO of Farmgirl Flowers, sits down with Carolyn to discuss growing up in a town with 3,600 people, why she started Farmgirl Flowers, bootstrapping her company, the Farmgi…

1:41 Bianca talks about how November 2020 was the biggest sales month ever for Birdies.

3:56 The origins of the Birdies idea.

9:32 International trade show for shoes and apparel in Las Vegas.

11:37 Bian…

1:41 Heidi tells the story of how ThirdLove was founded.

3:17 Heidi discusses starting ThirdLove with her husband, Dave.

4:53 Heidi talks about making business decisions when she doesn’t agree with her…

2:00 Experiencing your company struggle  with severe economic downturn, and what informed Becky's decision to go to business school

7:28 Why Becky moved from big 4 consulting to executive search

14:00 …

7:00 Adjusting to International business and the value of becoming a product expert.

11:00 Using relationship building with accounts as you develop expertise.

15:00 Structuring a job search and plannin…

3:00 Managing the on boarding and training huge new hire classes

5:15 Challenges of interviewing through hypergrowth

9:00 Hypergrowth’s effect on product & operational complexity

13:45 What to look for …

3:00 Identifying your passions in order to do your best work

7:21 Building content & community

16:40 The virtue of consistency vs. the pitfall perfection

18:15 Developing your non-work identity,

20:15 De…

(3:07) Self-educating vs. learning in academia.

(5:50) Determining career & lifestyle motivations.

(10:18) Kevin's fallout with first mentor.

(18:30) Advancing quickly by bringing structure to unstructu…