From Founding AE to VP: Conor Dragomanovich's rise at Productboard
04/15/24 • 48 min
Open AI's Conor Dragomanovich shares his personal sales career growth story at Productboard, where he went from founding AE to VP of Commercial Sales in only 5 years.
As a two-time founding AE, Conor Dragomanovich knows all about what it takes to start and build a successful sales team.
On today's episode, Conor and Alex chat about
- Productboard's early product-led sales process
- What it was like to transition into an enterprise role
- The transition from managing reps to managing managers
- How to hire a founding AE
- What sales looks like at OpenAI
Open AI's Conor Dragomanovich shares his personal sales career growth story at Productboard, where he went from founding AE to VP of Commercial Sales in only 5 years.
As a two-time founding AE, Conor Dragomanovich knows all about what it takes to start and build a successful sales team.
On today's episode, Conor and Alex chat about
- Productboard's early product-led sales process
- What it was like to transition into an enterprise role
- The transition from managing reps to managing managers
- How to hire a founding AE
- What sales looks like at OpenAI
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