Lenny's PodcastJeanne DeWitt Grosser: How one GTM engineer replaced 10 SDRs
GTM engineers shadow top reps, then encode workflows as inbound lead agents; six weeks later Vercel held conversion rates with 1 SDR doing the job of 10.
Lenny RachitskyhostJeanne DeWitt Grosserguest
CHAPTERS
- 0:00 – 5:26
Introduction to Jeanne DeWitt Grosser
- 5:26 – 8:43
Defining go-to-market
- 8:43 – 11:23
The evolution of go-to-market roles
- 11:23 – 14:21
The rise of the go-to-market engineer
- 14:21 – 15:28
Implementing AI in sales processes
- 15:28 – 23:47
Optimizing sales with AI agents
- 23:47 – 26:04
Defining sales roles: SDRs and AEs
- 26:04 – 29:04
When to hire a GTM engineer
- 29:04 – 30:50
Hiring and scaling sales teams
- 30:50 – 34:24
The ideal go-to-market engineer
- 34:24 – 40:39
The go-to-market tool stack
- 40:39 – 44:34
Advice on building a great sales bot
- 44:34 – 46:37
Vercel’s unfair advantage
- 46:37 – 47:04
Go-to-market as a product
- 47:04 – 52:38
Innovative sales tactics at Stripe
- 52:38 – 1:00:37
Effective go-to-market tactics
- 1:00:37 – 1:09:31
Segmentation strategies
- 1:09:31 – 1:14:00
Building a sales org that engineers love
- 1:14:00 – 1:16:44
Thoughts on PLG and pricing
- 1:16:44 – 1:19:24
Sales compensation and hiring
- 1:19:24 – 1:26:01
Lightning round and final thoughts
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