In The Trenches

In this Audio Blog, I provide you with a brief summary of my own mental health journey as a leader. My goal isn’t to provide you with an exhaustive account of my journey, but rather to simply discuss it publicly. After all, if I don’t do my own part to contribute to the discussion around the worries, thoughts, and fears that Entrepreneurs and CEOs face, what right do I have to lament that it isn’t being discussed enough more broadly? This will be my only Audio Blog solely about me. Though it may be less practical for you than other posts, I hope you’ll agree that it’s still worth listening to nonetheless. Perhaps you will see some of yourself in the feelings, worries, and anxieties that I experienced. 

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In this episode I interview Dave Prusinksi, currently the Chief Revenue Officer at SafeAI, a hyper-growth silicon valley company in the autonomous vehicle space. Here is why I think Dave is a person worth listening to: 

Prior to his current role, Dave spent 10 years as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at FleetComplete, a technology provider to fleet-owning businesses around the world. Under Dave's leadership, FleetComplete grew from $6M ARR to $150M in total revenue, achieving an average 50% revenue CAGR for 9 of his 10 years.  

Dave played an integral role in the acquisition of 6 companies, leading the sales and marketing due diligence processes, and ultimately integrating the operations of the acquired businesses into that of FleetComplete.  

In addition to acquiring and investing in SMBs for FleetComplete, Dave was also a central member of the deal team helping to lead FleetComplete through multiple investment and acquisition rounds themselves, managing the sales & marketing due diligence processes in each instance.  

Dave has served as a Revenue Coach to several SMBs, working directly with their CEOs and Heads of Sales to optimize their sales and revenue generation processes. All of the companies with whom Dave has worked thus far have now exited with great success.  

Prior to FleetComplete, Dave was the National Sales Manager at Research in Motion, where he jointly grew and managed one of the largest divisions with over $1B dollars in annual revenue.

Dave and I cover a wide range of topics specific to sales, including: Hiring and onboarding sales leaders and individual reps, how to best craft incentive compensation plans, how to manage team attrition, how and when to build out other internal functions that support the Sales team, how and when to scale a team via additional headcount, and what sales metrics he thinks are most important for CEOs to keep their eyes on.

Please enjoy!