Welcome to Inc.’s Founders Mission podcast with Alexa Von Tobel, where we bring you tales of guts, inspiration, and pressure that clarify the entrepreneurs building the long plug. Each and a week, we dig right into a founder’s knowledgeable playbook and characterize what makes them tick. On this week’s episode:
How AI Can Pressure Buyer Insights with Amit Bendov of Gong
In 2015, Amit Bendov was once no longer having a seek for to originate a company. But he was once having a seek for for a ability for his sales team to more automatically take CRM files. So he and his co-founder ended up launching Gong to aid sales teams have greater conversations with customers and score more deals. Gong quickly stumbled on product-market match, which entirely accelerated when Covid pushed most sales calls to a digital layout. Gong has since grown to over 2,000 customers with a valuation north of $7 billion. Bendov shares why he charged early customers a high label to defend in beta, why he believes self reliant functions are the manner of the long plug, and why you learn more from successes than screw ups.
