CEO

also referred to as: ceos

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Dec 1, 2022 by Hanif Joshaghani · across every show →

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Dec 1, 2022 neutral
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Joshaghani: Enterprise CEO Approval Only Buys Access to the Real Buyer
“Even if you go and sell it to the CEO of a massive company, let's say, and the guy loves it. He's not going to make a yes decision that his excitement is permission to go talk to your real buyer. Who's an expert. So he'll hand it off to the guy. He says, I lik…”
Hanif Joshaghani Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 15:45 How to do Customer Discovery | Hanif Joshaghani, Founder of Symend · PMF Show
Feb 6, 2025 neutral
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Enterprise sales outreach should always target the CEO on day one
“You always call the CEO day one, right? You never call lower. You call the CEO every single time, even if you don't get through, you know, for the stars, you'll land on the moon, right? So in general, we always go C-level, head of rev, CEO, Head of revenue, he…”
Ned Phillips Feb 6, 2025 ▶ 28:47 He raised $20M, hit $3.5M in revenue—& failed. Here are the top 3 lessons he learned. | Ned Phill... · PMF Show
Apr 16, 2026 positive
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Lakra: Non-Native C-Level Execs Secretly Hire $200/Hour Accent Coaches
“There are professional accent coaches who you can hire for 200 dollars an hour to help you improve your pronunciation. It's very expensive. And there are a lot of C-level executives that do this and, you know, silence because there is, let's be real about it. …”
Anada Lakra Apr 16, 2026 ▶ 6:36 She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. | Anada Lakra, Founder ... · PMF Show
Jun 8, 2026
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Khokhar's co-founder test: CEO can sell anything, CTO can build anything
“From CEO to CTO, like, the way I think about it is your CEO needs to be able to sell anything your CTO can build. Your CTO needs to be able to build anything your CEO can sell. And as long as those two things are true, there's a really good match, and you can …”
Ali Khokhar Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 51:56 He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. | Ali Khok... · PMF Show
Jun 22, 2026 positive
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Kurdin: Finance leaders prioritize cash in hand over software insights
“The number one metric that every finance leader or CEO cares about is just more cash in hand.”
George Kurdin Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 24:34 He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Fou... · PMF Show
Aug 3, 2026 negative
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Broshi: Mentioning CEO introductions to enterprise working-level contacts ruins sales deals
“If you start talking to someone in the working level or talks with you in the first calls and you throw out too much that you came in through the CEO, this will not end well for you”
Rafael Broshi Aug 3, 2026 ▶ 44:01 Fired almost everyone, kept 2 engineers—grew 12x, raised $30M Series A | Notch
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