Growth Unscripted

Zendesk SVP of Sales: Jaimie Buss

Episode Summary

Jaimie discusses her experience at Andreessen Horowitz, her transition from sales engineer to sales rep at VMware, joining Zendesk, losing her job during the dot-com bubble, working with small companies, her management style, and her sales process.

Episode Notes

Jaimie discusses her experience at Andreessen Horowitz, her transition from sales engineer to sales rep at VMware, joining Zendesk, losing her job during the dot-com bubble, working with small companies, her management style, and her sales process. 

1:52 Jaimie discusses her experience at Inktomi and losing her job during the dot-com bubble 

3:17 Jaimie’s transition from sales engineer to sales rep at VMware 

10:42 Carolyn and Jaimie talk about managing people and two common types of new managers 

15:10 Why Jaimie left VMware 

17:12 What Jaimie Learned by working with small companies 

20:40 Jaimie discusses joining Andreessen Horowitz

25:58 Jaimie’s experience at Andreesen 

30:14 An explanation of the MEDDIC sales process and why it’s so effective 

37:09 How Jaimie ensures people enjoy working with her 

40:56 The biggest leadership lesson that Jaimie learned 

46:15 Why Jaimie left Andreessen and joined Zendesk