🎧 🧱 Avanish Sahai | Failure as Silicon Valley's Greatest Export
In this episode learn why Avanish says failure is SV's greatest export, his advice for early and mid-career tech pros, why storytelling is so critical in B2B software, and more!
In this episode of Brick by Brick, Arpan Punyani sits down with Avanish Sahai. Avanish is a global citizen in the truest sense, and is also a legendary enterprise software business leader who has been a key part - as a senior leader, Board member, and early employee - of iconic systems of record application and infra software companies like Oracle Salesforce ServiceNow HubSpot and Google Cloud, as well as various startups over the years.
Avanish dropped tons of knowledge in our chat, including covering topics like:
His unique journey growing up in Brazil (where he still maintains deep roots)
How critical it is to build trust-based relationships to get big things done (like successfully launching Force.com for Salesforce)
The importance of storytelling in B2B marketing
Why accepting failure has been Silicon Valley's greatest "export"
His advice for early to mid-career tech professionals
We hope you enjoy the conversation! Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube!
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