Innovation Conference: Amit Bendov, Co-Founder and CEO at Gong

Описание: Watch our exclusive interview with with ⁠Amit Bendov⁠, Co-Founder and CEO at ⁠‪@Gongio‬.

We started by discussing how Amit’s love for #music and his past roles — from sales at ⁠Kidum⁠ to marketing at ⁠‪@PanayaVideos‬ and ⁠ClickSoftware⁠, and later as CEO of ⁠Sisense⁠ — eventually led him to found ⁠‪@Gongio‬, a leader in #Revenue Intelligence.

We talked about building a company in the #AI space before it was mainstream and how they got early #investors on board. We also covered how they earned their first customers’ #trust, when they started charging, and the methodology behind it. And well, it paid off—they recently passed $300M in #ARR.

We then explored key topics like #sales models, when to pursue #funding and how to spend it wisely, and how ‪@Gongio‬ is adapting to the rise of #LLM companies.

And Amit favorite movies and how it connected to ⁠‪@Gongio‬? We will give you an hint: Buongiorno, Gorlami and #BradPitt.

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Interviewers: ⁠Yossi Garmazi⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Sanat Mouli⁠.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 What led you to the tech world?
03:13 Previous career influence
05:27 Raising seed money
07:56 GTM evolution
09:44 Different geographies challenges
13:45 Raising money advice
17:16 AI partnerships
20:01 Future of AI at Gong
21:31 New advancements in Gong
24:40 Phases of growth
27:16 Eureka moment at Gong
28:28 Thoughts on Freemium model
30:26 Allocating fund advice
32:06 CEO rule
34:15 What's next for Gong?
35:07 Advice for entrepreneurs
37:36 Mentor
39:35 Favorite movie