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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

Author
The Twenty Minute VC
Published
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Episode Link
https://thetwentyminutevc.libsyn.com/20growth-inside-ramps-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

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 $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

 

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