Clayton: Hire rising VP talent over repeat C-level journeymen
Tom Clayton · The Path to a Billion Dollars: How to Create Multi-Revenue Streams with Bill.com CRO Tom Clayton · Mar 8, 2022 · at 30:25
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Bill.com CRO Tom Clayton advises founders on executive talent strategy during company hypergrowth.
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“Don't hire someone like me who's been a CRO several times and, or along the journey. Hire someone that's like that VP of sales that's like skyrocketed through their career.”
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