@JuddWinick Thanks for making me not dread reading time.
My 5-year old is obsessed with the Hilo books. I love doing the voices, and the well-defined characters, and the high emotional stakes.
Polly makes us both laugh hysterically.
There's even foreshadowing.
Thank you.
When @jeffheuer & I set out to apply a risk based approach to VM, we couldn’t even imagine the incredible journey it has been. I’m proud of what we built @KennaSecurity & the talented teams who contributed to our success along the way. https://t.co/GG3wYTO0BL
Our investment in @Vivun_Inc was worth fighting for. @berber_jin details how @gracewenge and @mmurph hustled to secured the lead investment in Vivun’s Series B only four months after their Series A. This is a story about conviction. https://t.co/nFwpTUFmUO #presales#fundung
It’s always fun to announce a fundraising round, but I sure wish I could hear from more vendors hoping that all this money sloshed into my marketing budget.
https://t.co/GVGuyT2XUe
So many large (>>$B) cos built in every segment of SaaS for sales & marketing, but there is one monster unaddressed category, "Presales." @Vivun_Inc is off to an incredibly fast start and has a special team led by Matt Darrow who we couldn't be more excited to be teaming with!!
"I'm reaching out because I see you have a nose. I have a nose, too. Furthermore, we are connected to many people who also have noses. Good times. Anyway, can you give me your credit card number?"
Maker Week @figmadesign. Dozens of new product ideas. One new 20-minute musical. 💃 Here’s a sneak peek of our 3rd number — "The Zoom Life." 😅
(s/o to my co-conspirator Jessica Liu who isn’t on Twitter)
Congrats on our competitors who are being acquired, but some friendly advice: if you're a dinosaur and you merge with another dinosaur in hopes of becoming a homo sapien, you should check your science.
Sales/marketing alignment is hard because:
1. Marketing isn't used to being held to a pipeline commit number, and
2. Sales isn't used to sharing the credit on PG, particularly when they're pressured to generate their own.
1 and 2 must be resolved for true alignment.