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6 Pivots to $5M ARR | Finding Product-Market Fit | Building Global Teams | AI in sales: The Warmly Story - with Maximus Greenwald, Warmly.ai


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In this episode, Maximus Greenwald, founder of Warmly.ai, shares insights on building a successful B2B SaaS company. With over $5M ARR and 60 employees globally, Max discusses how they pivoted six times before finding product-market fit, why learning is the only metric that always needs to go up, and how they're building an AI-powered sales enablement platform.

What You'll Learn:

Finding Product-Market Fit:

  • Why six pivots were necessary

  • The importance of continuous learning

  • How to know when to persist vs pivot

    Building Remote Teams:

    • Managing 60 people across multiple countries

    • The 10-15% remote work efficiency trade-off

    • Building culture across time zones

      Sales & Marketing Evolution:

      • From founder-led to team sales

      • Why marketing should own top of funnel

      • The future of AI in sales

        Co-founder Dynamics:

        • Managing roles and responsibilities

        • The power of cross-functional leadership

        • Building trust between co-founders

          Growth & Scale:

          • The path to $5M ARR

          • Building in San Francisco

          • Preparing for Series B

            ALL ABOUT UNICORN BAKERY:

            https://zez.am/unicornbakery 

            Where to find Max:

            LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-greenwald/ 

            Website: https://www.warmly.ai/ 

            More about Guest-Host Mike Mahlkow:

            LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemahlkow 

            Website: https://www.mikemahlkow.com/ 

            Join our Founder Tactics Newsletter:

            2x die Woche bekommst du die Taktiken der besten Gründer der Welt direkt ins Postfach:

            https://www.tactics.unicornbakery.de/ 

            Chapters: 

            (00:00:00) What you need to know about Max & Warmly.ai

            (00:05:04) The rough early days at Warmly

            (00:10:43) How close was Max to quitting?

            (00:14:58) What was the actual pivot at Warmly?

            (00:24:23) How does Sales evolve over time?

            (00:34:02) How does the speed change while scaling?

            (00:45:50) How does Max divide and conquer the world of his co-founders?


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