Tien Tzuo, Co-Founder and CEO of Zuora, tells me how he tells his company’s story when he pitches to customers and investors and how to scale up to $1 billion.___Tien’s bookhttps://www.zuora.com/subscribed/author/Zuora prepares for its IPOhttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/zuora-prices-ipo-at-14-per-share--valuing-the-company-at-1-point-44-billion.htmlTien’s daughter rings the opening bellhttps://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/04/12/opening-bell-april-12-2018.htmlTien’s interview with NYT where he mentions his dislike of one-on-oneshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/business/tien-tzuo-of-zuora-dont-expect-me-to-manage-you.htmlTien’s “climb to $1 billion” strategyhttps://www.zuora.com/guides/climb-build-billion-dollar-run-rate/Tien discusses his three room structurehttps://www.zuora.com/2017/09/14/3-questions-for-tien-tzuo-ceo-founder-of-zuora/

Frederic Laluyaux’s first startup flopped but he has taken that experience with him to his current position as president and CEO of Aera Technology. Frederic tells me how to new founders can find what they’re looking for.___Aera Technologyhttps://www.aeratechnology.com/Anaplan’s re-launchhttps://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20170620-fusionops-rebrands-as-aera-technology-after-landing-50-million-in-venture-funds/Anaplan’s $1 billion valuationhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-14/anaplan-valued-at-1-1-billion-after-90-million-pre-ipo-round

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FreeWheel Doug Knopper tells me how he uses his considerable Silicon Valley experience to train the next generation of talent with his new project, CEOhacker.___DoubleClick acquiredhttps://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/technology/14DoubleClick.htmlFreeWheel acquiredhttps://techcrunch.com/2014/03/01/comcast-freewheel/Silicon Valley’s diversity problemhttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/silicon-valleys-diversity-problem-is-its-achilles-heel.htmlFreeWheel’s commitment to diversityhttp://freewheel.tv/freewheel-views/engineers-week-thriving-through-diversity/CEOhackerhttps://www.ceohacker.com/

Super-networker and Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta tells me how listening to people and creating a good company culture has turned the customer success software platform into a market leader.___Nick Mehta’s sitehttps://www.mehtaphysical.com/Gainsighthttps://www.gainsight.com/The one page strategic planhttps://scalingup.com/book/Shoshinhttps://alyjuma.com/shoshin/Gainsight was one of the best small companies to work for in 2018https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/12/10/costco-google-t-mobile-ranked-best-companies-work-2018/2202327002/