Public Sector
topic on 6 shows · 10 statements across 10 episodes
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McCall: Meraki and Samsara first used lighthouse strategies entering the public sector
“At both Meraki and Samsara you know, the sort of earliest example of Lighthouse was when we verticalized. And in both those instances, it was basically into, like, public sector.”
Tangen: Young People, Nordics, and Public Sector Workers Are Hypersensitive
“I mean, young people are very, very sensitive. In, in the Nordics, we are like hypersensitive, and in the public sector, they are very, very sensitive.”
Mastronardi: The public sector needs its own Bloomberg terminal
“I feel like the public sector needs a Bloomberg terminal for the public sector.”
Kumar: India's public sector never exceeded 27% of GDP at peak
“So in India, even at its peak, the public sector is not contributing more than 27% of the GDP. 73% was all private sector. So India has been a capitalist country all through, but with a welfare component, you know.”
Samsara maintains generalist sales and product teams across verticals
“We never specialized the sales team and we never specialized the product teams, except for public sector. Public sector has a different buying cycle, right? And they have like different contracts. So government sales is a little different for us.”
Ahluwalia: India should privatize almost all public sector enterprises
“I'm of the view that with the exception of very, very small areas, we should actually privatize the public sector.”
Beberg: Seva Exchange targets public sector clients rather than charging users
“So it would be the public sector that would pay for this cities, smaller towns. We're going after those because we don't want to charge members.”
Saxenian: Public sector must support entrepreneurs as co-equals, not top-down planners
“I think that the ideal role for a public sector or even for a university or other institution in a region that's trying to be innovative is to talk to the people who are innovating and say, what's, what are the obstacles and what can we do to help support you?…”
Reichert: Digital-Native Millennials Enter Public Sector to Modernize Tech
“I think there's a rising group of millennials and people who are technology natives who are now entering the public sector and looking at how they can bring their expectations and knowledge of how to use technology into their roles there, and also as citizens.”