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Empirically impressive numbers @cognition and @ScottWu46
Would also be interesting to have cash burned to get to $1b on this chart.
Chart from @absoluttig and please note that I am biased here.
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A lot of companies talk about hiring the best in the world at x. But the team at @cognition actually pulls it off consistently across functions. Congrats to @ScottWu46 and @russelljkaplan on hiring @bcamhi and Jonathan Costet. Two people we kept tabs on during my time at leading growth at Ramp for being best at the craft of growth and marketing in tech.
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From our earliest days, Google’s strong security focus has made us a leader in keeping people safe online. Today, businesses and governments are looking for even stronger security solutions and greater choice in cloud computing providers. Together, @GoogleCloud + @Wiz_io will turbocharge improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds.
Google has signed a definitive agreement to acquire @Wiz_io – a significant step toward improving cloud security, lowering cost, and spurring the adoption of multicloud in the AI era → goo.gle/41GYZ50
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We are thrilled to announce that @a16z Growth invested in @wiz_io-the cloud security platform revolutionizing how companies secure the cloud.
Wiz is 1 of the fastest growing companies we’ve ever seen, but here’s why we believe the best is yet to come 👇 a16z.com/announcement/invest…
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Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions tcrn.ch/4a8y6ZJ
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It may sound crazy, but the hardest job at an AI company is not engineering... it's marketing.
Incredibly hard to clearly communicate what you've built in a way that's not overwhelming or immediately dismissed by someone who is just trying to do their job.
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Gong has 77,620 followers on LinkedIn.
The CEO has 30,174. CMO has 21,441 and the Head of Content has 30,767. Sure:
You can't pay the bills with followers BUT followers can pay the bills. Gong is now valued at $2.2 billion.
Here's how @LinkedIn played a role in that... 🧵👇
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Gong going gangbusters, grabs $250M Series E on $7.25B valuation tcrn.ch/3vRvoo7 by @ron_miller
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Sales software startup Gong reaches $2.2 billion valuation after seeing revenue triple during the pandemic
on.forbes.com/6018Gii86 By @kenrickcai
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Congratulations to the @Gong_io team! techcrunch.com/2020/08/12/go…
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Revenue intelligence startup Gong, which helps revenue teams make decisions based on data-driven insights such as churn prediction and sales forecasting, has landed $200M in a Coatue-led Series D round of funding, bumping its valuation up to $2.2B. news.crunchbase.com/news/gon…
A few weeks ago, Amit Bendov shared @Gong_io’s secret recipe.
Here’s what it comes down to:
#1: A product team that can ship a product that sells itself
#2: A go-to-market team that can sell a sh*tty product
Have one and you’re a threat.
Have both and you’re unstoppable.
Case in point – today, Gong raised $200M. At a $2.2B valuation.
techcrunch.com/2020/08/12/go…
IT’S BIGGER THAN THAT
Some marketers treat marketing –
Like it’s a job. (gasp!)
Truth is, you can always tell.
And it only takes about half a second.
When a marketer had fun with that email, copy, ad, you name it.
And when they did it because “it’s part of the job.”
HOLD UP
1000 customers, only?
It's what most people say when I tell them Gong just crossed that milestone.
So I tell them what our CMO told me:
Your marketing team's job is to make your company look 2 years ahead of where it really is.
And then they get it.
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I'm pretty sure @Gong_io is the most important product management tool in our stack.
