by Chargebee
Change is the only constant, so how do you champion it? At Chargebee's Champions of Change podcast, we unpack the minds of visionary leaders with the help of our host, Vikram Bhaskaran, Senior Director of marketing at Chargebee, to unlearn and relearn tactics to effectively tackle change and thrive in a disruptive environment.
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September 30, 2022
<p>Jodi McDermott, Chief Product Officer at Dude Solutions, is Vikram’s guest on the podcast this week. A data-driven product executive with more than 20 years of experience in digital technology, analytics, and product management, Jodi has worked with companies such as Gartner, comScore, Inc, and SHL during her illustrious career. She brings this vast amount of experience and knowledge to her conversation with Vikram here today.</p><p>During the interview, Jodi discusses such topics as agile development, strategic planning, product growth, and the importance of prioritizing specific activities to achieve business outcomes. She then looks at how to ensure client satisfaction and upsell a client, financial concepts like budgeting, the impact of COVID-19 on her business, and how building strong relationships with people are critical. Jodi and Vikram finish by discussing how different business functions need to come together while crafting a product strategy. Listen in today to learn all about strategic planning, growth, and product management from this truly outstanding leader in the field.</p><p><strong>The Finer Details of This Episode</strong></p><p> -Questions you need to ask during the strategic planning process</p><p> -The importance of conducting research and listening to your customers</p><p> -How to find a product-market fit</p><p> -The things that go into the product growth phase</p><p> -The importance of empathy during a crisis</p><p> -Aspects to consider during a merger or an acquisition</p><p> -Involving your team members in the strategic planning process</p>
September 15, 2022
<p>In today's episode, Vikram welcomes Shelley Perry, the CEO and Managing Director at Scalelogix Ventures, which is a company focused on guiding scaler founders and leaders to navigate their growth stage. As someone who lives and breathes growth challenges, Shelley has a lot of wisdom to share in terms of playing the scale game, making smart bets, and coming out of a crisis stronger. Vikram and Shelley start the conversation by reflecting on prior recessions and the main differences between them. Then, Shelley goes on to share her key learnings about the impact of recessions on businesses. According to her, there are some significant opportunities to pursue during these slowdowns, both for businesses and their people.</p><p>Next, Shelley shares an interesting analogy that she calls 'the messy middle' in which she compares business scaling to those complex teenage years when you want to be both an adult and a child. But as she points out, when it comes to scaling a startup, you have to first spend some time being a child in order to develop the business properly. Then, once it’s up and running, you can finally be an adult. Then, Shelley shares some key takeaways regarding startup scale and growth. She says that if you want to grow your company, you should listen to what the data tells you and learn from it as much as possible. Finally, she suggests laying out all the puzzle pieces, making a conscious choice of your next business moves, and always keeping your finger on the pulse of your business.</p><p><strong>The Finer Details of This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Looking at the recession through different lenses</li><li>What we can learn from prior recessions</li><li>The messy middle analogy </li><li>Scaling a startup by looking at what the data tells us </li><li>Having constructive conversations during tough times</li><li>Understanding that everything in your business is tightly connected</li><li>Letting go of the old to make room for something new</li><li>Laying out puzzle pieces and making conscious business choices</li></ul><br/>
September 6, 2022
<p>On the podcast today, Vikram welcomes James Solomons, an entrepreneur, renowned speaker, business leader, and enthusiastic podcast host. James currently serves as the CFO and C0-CEO of Xref, a global reference checking and identity verification platform that empowers organizations worldwide to make great people decisions. James has spent most of his time in public practice, evolving from a tax accountant to a CFO, and today, he shares with us this remarkable career journey and the importance of the evolution of CFOs and organizations as a whole.</p><p>James begins by discussing the origin of Xref, how Xref eases the hiring process in the workforce, and the transformation of his career, starting out as a tax accountant but growing to become a CFO. He also reviews the rules he follows as a CFO, and explains one of his favorite phrases, “Humanize the numbers”, which essentially means breaking down numbers in languages that teams aside from finance can clearly understand. Being a hiring company, the great resignation affected Xref significantly and James shares some of the changes that he had to make as the CFO in response. The show rounds off as James advises those in the workforce to always invest in referenceable relationships.</p><p><strong>The Finer Details of This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The story of Xref</li><li>James’ career journey</li><li>His evolution from accountant to CFO</li><li>Becoming a cyber-resilient CFO</li><li>The impact of the great resignation on James and Xref</li><li>James’ interesting statistics</li><li>Investing in referenceable relationships</li></ul><br/>
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Change is the only constant, so how do you champion it?
At Chargebee's Champions of Change podcast, we unpack the minds of visionary leaders with the help of our host, Vikram Bhaskaran, Senior Director of marketing at Chargebee, to unlearn and relearn tactics to effectively tackle change and thrive in a disruptive environment.
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