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How to overcome self-doubt and thrive through startup challenges with Electric.ai’s Ryan Denehy

The founder and CEO opens up about the challenges of entrepreneurship and how he navigated them to build a successful company.

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Auth0’s Eugenio Pace on understanding your target persona

The Auth0 founder shares the importance of prioritizing people when building a product and growing a company.

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Achieving rapid growth through word of mouth with Immad Akhund

The Mercury CEO goes under the hood on how the company quickly gained prominence and earned an esteemed reputation.

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Deel’s Alex Bouaziz on how to pivot with conviction

The Deel co-founder and CEO discusses his company’s billion-dollar pivot and leadership philosophies.

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Outreach’s Manny Medina on why you should stay close to your customers

Outreach co-founder and CEO Manny Medina shares his success formula: leveraging feedback, focusing on customer retention, and empowering employees.

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Revolutionizing sales with data: Atrium’s success with co-founder Pete Kazanjy

Discover the journey of Atrium, a data-driven sales management software company that achieved business success with its strategic hiring, strong inbound game, and valuable community content.

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Prioritizing go-to-market-fit and getting to $800M ARR with ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck

Schuck shares his top tips and growth strategies that helped propel his company to success.

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Overcoming government regulations and launching a marketplace with Epidemic Sound's Founder, Oscar Hoglund

Oscar Hoglund discusses how, through dedication to their mission, Epidemic Sound put the power back in artists' hands.

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Tailscale’s $113M success with Avery Pennarun

Tailscale’s Pennarun shares insights on building a product customers love–not just like.

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LinkSquares’ $161M growth strategy with Vishal Sunak

Vishal Sunak, Founder of LinkSquares, shares his journey of building software for legal teams on this episode of the Sit Down Startup podcast.

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The road to becoming one of the biggest marketing automation companies with a $100M+ exit with David Cummings, co-founder of Pardot

Cummings shares personal stories of startup challenges on this episode of the Sit Down Startup podcast.

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Building a successful startup with Elliot Shmukler, co-founder of Anomalo and former Chief Growth Officer at Instacart

Creating your own business isn’t for the faint of heart. Just ask Elliot Shmukler, co-founder of…

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Going from $0 to $100M ARR in just 18 months with Wiz co-founder Ami Luttwak

A "wiz" indeed, Luttwak discusses how to find success with customers during tough times.

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Glean founder Arvind Jain—don’t wait to go after enterprise accounts

“Glean” some great insights on closing big deals from day one.

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ShareFile, Levitate co-founder Jesse Lipson: Trust yourself

From bootstrapping through acquisition, Lipson advises balancing conventional wisdom with entrepreneurial spirit.

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Why “valuation is B.S.” to Truora founder Daniel Bilbao

A startups jack of all trades, Bilbao talks sales, hiring, fundraising, and more on the Sit Down Startup podcast.

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Virtually Human founder Chris Ebeling: Building the horse before the track

Don't wait until an idea is 100% baked if you believe in where it's going.

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Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop: Follow the breadcrumbs from superfans

Here's how the founders knew this wasn't "just another piece of software."

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Braze co-founder Mark Ghermezian: “Whatever CRM is, that’s what we need to build”

Here's how founder persistence and ability to anticipate customers’ needs helped Braze dominate the developer-customer market.

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Stay product-obsessed: Take it from Zendesk VP and 2x founder Cristina Fonseca

Learn how Fonseca navigated radically different business environments over two tours of duty as a startup founder.

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