Kiren Sekar

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 11, 2025 by Kiren Sekar · across every show →

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Sep 11, 2025 positive
Insight
Sekar: Deeply probing side projects reveals candidate intrinsic motivation
“And, you know, I think just the ability to kind of keep peeling back layers and how deep someone goes is a great way to understand were they intrinsically motivated or were they trying to kind of complete an assignment?”
Kiren Sekar Sep 11, 2025 ▶ 10:45 Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)
Sep 11, 2025
What-if
Sekar: Single-Industry Feedback Would Have Confined Samsara to Compliance Apps
“Had we just focused on feedback from one industry, we would have ended up with a compliance app. Now we've got this, you know, really broad set of tools for frontline workers.”
Kiren Sekar Sep 11, 2025 ▶ 39:34 Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)
Sep 11, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Sekar: Meraki succeeded by selling networking gear through channel partners
“Meraki, we sold through channel partners, and it turned out that that was the way that people like to buy networking.”
Kiren Sekar Sep 11, 2025 ▶ 50:35 Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)
Sep 11, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Sekar: Samsara abandoned channel partner sales because customers wanted direct relationships
“We tried that at Samsara, and a lot of actually specific partners that would have been very successful with at Meraki didn't work. And we found that actually these customers wanted to primarily buy directly from us and have a relationship with us. So that's so…”
Kiren Sekar Sep 11, 2025 ▶ 50:50 Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)
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