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You’ve been asked to cut your marketing budget. Now what?
Unicorpses. Layoffs. Bursting bubbles. Winter is coming. Every day there’s a new story on the 2016 techpocalypse. Having lived through the 2000 dot com crash, this is nothing like it. But something has changed, so let’s start with a quick recap of how we got here. Starting in late 2012, tech companies began to raise…
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Some Practical Advice for Aspiring Tech CMOs
In no particular order, here are some of the lessons I’ve learned running marketing at three tech companies. Your most important job is to recruit and retain exceptional people Never forget that people are your most important asset. As a CMO, you’ll be in endless meetings: the weekly leadership meeting, the executive offsite, QBRs, territory…