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The Early Years

The Early Years

by Gray Mdia

Entrepreneurship Management Technology

14 Bailey Richardson | Instagram. Bailey was one of the earliest employees at Instagram.

Bailey was one of the earliest employees at Instagram - she has since deleted the app. Bailey’s job was to create a worldwide community and she is now on a mission to build a scalable approach to helping others build their communities.

13 Jennifer Johnson | Tanium, Tenable. Part two. JJ has been a CMO at some of the most technical companies in Silicon Valley.

JJ has gone from low level product marketing manager to CMO at some of the most technical companies in Silicon Valley. Here’s part two of her story.

12 Jennifer Johnson | Tanium, Tenable. Part one. JJ has been a CMO at some of the most technical companies in Silicon Valley.

JJ has gone from low level product marketing manager to CMO at some of the most technical companies in Silicon Valley. Here’s part one of her story.

11 Gold Nuggets.

We’re introducing a segment called Gold Nuggets where we pick the best stories and advice from our most recent episodes. This is advice from executive level people, things that they did to help them get to where they are now.

10 Jordan Wild | SimpleNexus. Jordan Wild joins as first full-time engineer and employee #7 at SimpleNexus.

Jordan shares his perspective on joining as the first full-time engineer at this growing Utah tech company.

9 Jen Grant | Google, Box. Jen's behind-the-scenes stories from her time at Google and Box are unlike any you've heard before.

Jen Grant has been at the beginnings of the most successful companies in the world (Google, Box, Looker, Elastic, etc.) and has been an instrumental member of those teams. Today, you get to hear stories that you will not hear anywhere else.

8 Nathan Usher | DealerSocket. Nate joins as employee #22 and later becomes Head of Product at DealerSocket

Nate Usher saw a company go from 22 employees to over 1,000 employees during his 15 year tenure at DealerSocket. Starting as a traveling consultant helping dealerships install the software, then leading a team of consultants, and eventually becoming the Head of Product, Nate saw it all. See what it's like to see a startup get purchased by one of the most successful private equity firms out there - Vista Equity.

7 Kim Stites | Amazon, Marketo, Google Looker, Cloudinary. Kim has been a trailblazer as a sales ops pioneer and as a gay woman in the tech world

Kim has dealt with discrimination by employers and individuals throughout much of her career as a gay woman. The good news? She’s seen a lot of progress over the years and has been a trailblazer for the gay community in the tech world. Kim has also been a trailblazer for a role that frankly didn’t exist 20 years ago. Kim was doing sales operations before it was cool and when Salesforce was a relatively new company. She has applied those learnings to companies like Amazon, Marketo, Google Looker, and Cloudinary.

6 Meagen Eisenberg | DocuSign, MongoDB, TripActions. Meagen goes from early employee at DocuSign to CMO at MongoDB and TripActions

Meagen Eisenberg is the Chief Marketing Officer at TripActions, previously at MongoDB, and was an early executive at DocuSign. Meagen has been featured in Forbes, has been named one of the most influential martech leaders, was recognized as a Top 25 B2B Marketing Influencer, and Adweek's Top 50 most retweeted by mid-sized marketers.

5 Josh Robbins | Amazon, Qualtrics, Lucid, Rags. Josh risks tech career to become COO at Rags

Josh Robbins is the Chief Operating Officer at Rags, and their first c-level hire. Rags, which you may know from the TV show, Shark Tank, has seen a lot of success and was even offered a deal by Robert Herjavec because of their unique, stylish, and easy-to-wear kids rompers. Josh has taken his experience as founder of a company to graduating from Cornell Johnson’s MBA program, to working at Amazon, one of the best brands in the world to join Rags and help this clothing startup thrive.

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