Todd Jackson is back on the mic to guest host another product-focused episode this week with Christina Cacioppo, the co-founder and CEO of Vanta.
Vanta is the leading automated security and compliance platform, with thousands of businesses relying on the product to get compliant (and to stay that way).
After toying with some initial ideas, like a voice ... Show More
Feb 26
Snowflake’s first sales hire on scaling from $0 to $3.5B | Chris Degnan (Former CRO, Snowflake)
Chris Degnan was the first sales hire at Snowflake and spent 11 years scaling the company from zero to $3.5 billion in revenue as its CRO, working alongside four different CEOs and learning from each one. In this episode, Chris breaks down what it actually takes to scale an enter ... Show More
59m 57s
Feb 19
Why 90% of CROs will fall behind in the next 2 years | Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta)
Stevie Case is the CRO of Vanta, the trust management platform serving everyone from founders to Fortune 100 CISOs. A former pro-video gamer who stumbled into sales through a mentor's bet, Stevie has built one of the most unconventional paths to the C-suite in tech. In this episo ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 12
Figma is not the source of truth | Ryan Lucas (VP of Design, Rippling)
In the second Executive Function episode, Brett sits down with Ryan Lucas, VP of Design at Rippling. Before Rippling, Ryan led design at Retool and co-founded multiple startups, bringing a rare founder's perspective to design leadership. A trained industrial designer, Ryan traces ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2022
Christine Chang on Leaving Your Desk Job
Every weekend growing up, Christine watched her mom and grandma go to the Korean bathhouses, rubbing things like tea and spoiled milk on their skin. And she’s been hooked on skincare ever since. Now, she’s the co-founder and co-CEO of the skincare brand, Glow Recipe. But before l ... Show More
26m 13s
Dec 2017
179: How Kiva's Jessica Jackley Turned a Simple Idea into $1B in Microloans
Jessica Jackley, co-founder of the game-changing microlending site Kiva, never played the typical role from entrepreneurial stories we're accustomed to hearing. She didn't start a business as a kid, and never dreamed of making millions. Jackley considered entrepreneurship a greed ... Show More
34m 42s
Jun 2020
How I Built Resilience: Live with Melanie Perkins and Bill Creelman
This week, the online design platform Canva closed a new round of funding, bringing the company's valuation to $6 billion. Founder Melanie Perkins is also focused on helping her employees work from home, while supporting more than 30 million users worldwide. Also: Spindrift can't ... Show More
27m 23s
Jun 2019
Tina Sharkey, Co-Founder of Brandless: “I don’t think that luck happens. I think you create luck.”
Tina Sharkey is the powerhouse behind Brandless, the direct-to-consumer company that’s all about community. But before she started Brandless with her cofounder, she spent her career building communities online for major companies like AOL and Johnson & Johnson. Tina’s also been o ... Show More
34m 19s
Aug 2021
The Moment Chooses You: The Strategic Acquisition Journey
Meet Caroline Wanjiku, cofounder of Daproim Africa, and Victor Basta, CEO of DAI Magister, and learn how one intrepid Kenyan entrepreneur overcame adversity to transform her bootstrapped social enterprise into a strategic acquisition.Caroline’s entrepreneurial journey began like ... Show More
45m 37s