How We Got There

How We Got There: Stevan Simich, Founder and CEO of Mogli


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In today’s episode, I am joined by Stevan Simich, Founder and CEO of Mogli, from working at Altvia to founding Mogli. He shares deep experience in how to look for patterns in customer interactions to figure out what to build, starting with services to connect with customer needs. Don’t productize until you see something 10 times in a row, a guiding principle to know when to lean in to any products.

Although word of mouth has really grown the business, he reflects that he wishes that he hired a marketing leader sooner. They get deals from a variety of sources from their AppExchange listing, their website, Salesforce AEs/SEs, and SIs in addition to word of mouth. Stevan shares how important ISV partner alignment helped everyone win in terms of business outcomes but also friendships.

I appreciate his focus on building the team and putting his employees first. Mogli runs EOS after rolling it out last year to help align everyone.

I enjoyed this quote from Stevan “I want what I do in a day to matter”.

Here’s a closer look at the episode:

  1. 1:12 How he found himself in the ecosystem and what Mogli does
  2. 4:30 Best Go-to market strategy they put in place
  3. 7:20 In Building your business, what are you most proud of?
  4. 10:00 What’s your biggest mistake?
  5. 12:35 For founders, how do you make the decision whether to keep going or pick up a new idea?
  6. 17:00 What’s been the top producing lead through the years
  7. 20:00 Benefits of being on the AppExchange
  8. 21:00 Do you run anything like OKRs or V2MOM at Mogli?
  9. 23:00 If you could wave a magic wand and change something in the ecosystem what would it be
  10. 25:47 Rapid fire questions
  11. Resources:

    Website:https://www.mogli.com/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/moglisms

    Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mogli-technologies/

    Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/moglisms/

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