151. Leads Don't Matter: Moving From a Sales-led to a Product-growth Orientation w/ Stephanie Cox

Overview:This week on the show, we welcomed Stephanie Cox, VP of sales and marketing at Lumavate. She talks about building a modern sales and marketing organization along with what it's like for marketers to run the sales team and why coming from a marketing background prepares you to lead a sales organization. Stephanie also discusses how to transition from a sales-led organization to product-led growth. Plus, she shares a major strategic decision that her company encountered over the last year and a half.What You’ll Learn The power of a coffee meeting: How Stephanie amped up her careerHow to shift from marketing to sales without losing steamThe great reset: From sales-led to product-growth orientation"Leads don't matter" — Stephanie wades into the controversyFor the love of all things Burger KingShow Agenda and TimestampsShow Introduction [00:10]The power of a coffee meeting: How Stephanie amped up her career [6:33]How to shift from marketing to sales without losing steam [14:11]The great reset: From sales-led to product-growth orientation [19:11]"Leads don't matter" — Stephanie wades into the controversy [24:17]For the love of all things Burger King [30:02]Sam’s Corner [32:56] The GTMnow Podcast The GTMnow Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with the top 1% GTM executives, VCs, and founders. Conversations reveal the unshared details behind how they have grown companies, and the go-to-market strategies responsible for shaping that growth.Visit gtmnow.com for more episodes and other interesting content.