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200: From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons
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200: From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons

In the 200th episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Asad Zaman, CEO of Sales Talent Agency (STA), where he rose through the ranks from AE to CEO, earning recognition as Toronto’s Young Professional of the Year (2019). Join us for an entrepreneurial conversation about how to modernize your talent acquisition approach for both high growth and long-term growth.

What You’ll Learn

  1. There are over 40K more sales jobs openings than salespeople

  2. How COVID has affected sales salaries

  3. The importance of listening to the market instead of pursuing growth

  4. 4 ways to modernize talent acquisition

Show Agenda and Timestamps

  1. About Asad Zaman & STA[3:15]

  2. Asad’s tale of entrepreneurialism [7:21]

  3. Addressing chronic underemployment and high demand [13:35]

  4. 4 ways to modernize talent acquisition [22:26]

  5. Lessons learned from high growth companies [27:31]

  6. Paying it forward [29:29]

  7. Sam’s Corner [32:26]

The GTM Podcast
Features conversations with well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Scott Barker to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down.

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