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Self-awareness is a moving target — there’s always more to understand about ourselves. Successful leaders keep an eye on the personality traits that have helped them achieve their success. Strengths without self-awareness become weaknesses. Strengths examined regularly become superpowers. Coa’s Dr Emily Anhalt on dialling up your strengths deep within your founder DNA, while dialling down the weaknesses that might be holding you back…Read more.
Preparing for a new Role
Starting a new job poorly can be detrimental to your trajectory, but starting a new job well will set you up for long-term success. You are a foreigner in a foreign land. You are learning the ropes while also trying your best to fit in, connect with your coworkers, and avoid making mistakes early on. Deb Liu got a few tips that will give you the momentum to succeed…Read more.
Vertical GTM Motions
Verticalization leads to focus, and a focused go-to-market has major benefits. A lot of companies can just ride a vertical all the way to IPO. Ultimately, deciding when and how to “unverticalize” depends on how strong the signals are for your company. Sara Du of Alloy Automation shares her view on when you should verticalize, and when you should move horizontally again…Read more.
How to fix your demo request flow and increase revenue
Am I making it too hard for my prospects to buy our product? Buying software is typically a complicated mess with roadblocks around every corner. Emily Kramer of Mkt1 shares sales-led GTM motions with demo request flows that drive prospects to book a meeting and how to optimize your flow for conversion…Read more.
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