The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Chris Combs of LinkSquares on the importance of getting the right people in the right seats

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Chris Combs. As SVP of Business Development, Chris is responsible for managing strategic partnerships and corporate relationships across the company.

Chris is a serial entrepreneur who has built multiple companies from concept. He brings a unique perspective on how to build and take products to market, while developing strategic relationships across prospects, customers, and partners.

Episode Outline

[04:39] Chris’s background

[07:16] What is takes to find product market fit

[10:13] What he learned was what success looked like

[11:18] Blueprint for entire future executive to impact

[12:04] Thinking about how a startup would scale

[14:34] Habits to be great at crossing the chasm

[16:35] Refuse to sort of sit and pontificate over like products and product

[17:04] How to find the right people and getting them in the right seats

[19:22] What was hugely valuable and formative for him


Chris' Inspirations

Advisory team at DraftKings and Carbonite


Connect with Chris

LinkedIn

LinkSquares

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Adam’s background

[07:16] His journey from minoring in advertising company to ending up in a company like G2

[10:13] How we learn best by getting our hands dirty

[11:18] The way his company helps in cutting through the noise of what marketers get all the time

[12:04] The culture in G2, where people leaving reviews or you're getting traffic to your profile or there's traffic to the category and people are comparing you against one of your competitors

[14:34] HelpScout is really trying to build a smart, sophisticated platform that helps helps customers and end users

[16:35] Advice to personalize mass amounts of emails to show like their own buyer intent data and emailed it directly

[17:04] The art of Facebook campaigns and how to optimize for it

[19:22] Practical way of being smart about the growth

[20:19] How to capitalize on new trends and marketing tactics


Adam's Inspirations

Godard Abel

Mike Conti


Connect with Adam

LinkedIn

Twitter

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