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Building Your Strategic Finance Team: A Guide for Growth-Stage Companies

We recently hosted a live webinar featuring Kevin Williams and Julian Castelli on how to structure a modern finance function as your company scales. Whether

Having AI FOMO? Practical Tips for Logging Real AI Wins in Your Business for 2025

Insights from Kevin Williams of Ascend AI Labs and Shawn Miele, CEO of MyAdvice We recently hosted an exclusive webinar […]

Having AI FOMO? Practical Tips for Logging Real AI Wins in Your Business for 2025

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli is joined by AI expert Kevin Williams and […]

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Having AI FOMO? Practical Tips for Logging Real AI Wins in Your Business for 2025
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From Founder-Led Sales to Scalable Systems: Building a Sales Team That Works

Many startups begin with founder-led sales. Founders know their product best and passionately communicate its value to early customers. However, […]

Eli Portnoy, CEO of BackEngine.ai, on the Simple Tools Powering Big Ideas

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli interviews Eli Portnoy, CEO and co-founder of Back […]

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Eli Portnoy, CEO of BackEngine.ai, on the Simple Tools Powering Big Ideas
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The Power of a Unified Leadership Team: “Why Alignment Beats Headcount”

When a company is growing quickly, it can seem like the solution to every problem is hiring more people. Leaders […]

Nate Randle – CEO of Gabb

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli converses with Nate Randle, CEO of Gabb, a […]

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Nate Randle - CEO of Gabb
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The Struggle

Ben Horrowitz’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, is the most recommended book on our Leadership Podcast. The most […]

Ken Gavranovic – CEO of Product Genius Corporation

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli converses with Ken Gavranovic, a seasoned entrepreneur and […]

Ken Gavranovic - CEO of Product Genius Corporation
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Ken Gavranovic - CEO of Product Genius Corporation
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Tom Lineen – Founder & President, West Town Payments

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli converses with Tom Lineen, a seasoned leader in […]

Tom Lineen - Founder & President, West Town Payments
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Tom Lineen - Founder & President, West Town Payments
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Trail Marker: How to Hire Slow and Hire Well

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli unpacks the 2nd half of the old adage […]

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Rob Castaneda – Founder & CEO of ServiceRocket

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli interviews Rob Castaneda, founder of ServiceRocket. They discuss […]

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Rob Castaneda - Founder & CEO of ServiceRocket
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Blake Harber – VP Sales of Workstream

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli interviews Blake Harber, a seasoned sales executive with […]

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Blake Harber - VP Sales of Workstream
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Davis Bell – CEO of Canopy

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, we interview Davis Bell, CEO of Canopy, a SaaS platform for […]

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Amelia Wilcox – Founder & CEO of Nivati

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, host Julian Castelli interviews Amelia Wilcox, founder and CEO of Nivati. […]

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Dave Carruthers – Co Founder of Voxpopme

In this episode of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, we speak with Dave Carruthers the Co Founder and former CEO […]

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Dave Carruthers - Co Founder of Voxpopme
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Are You Burning Money Chasing Growth (Part 1)

A good friend of mine recently asked how we could apply the concept of acquisition to industrial manufacturing. He strongly suspected that his Sales investments

The Most Dangerous Metric In Marketing

Why is CPL so dangerous you ask? Because, stand-alone, CPL has zero relevance. In fact, you need four other modifying metrics to make CPL relevant

What Offense Are We Going To Run?

The key is to get started – and figuring out how to get started is helped when you have an overall plan. At the highest

Do You Have A 98 MPH Fastball?

The point of course, was that actions speak louder than words, and client commitment as demonstrated through signed contracts worth $1.5M of ARR speak louder

Are You Driving In The Rear View Mirror?

I recognized the contrast between this legacy way of reporting and today’s best practices when I compared this reporting package with the one that I

Nobody Wants To Buy Your Product

This solution to specific pain points was far more effective than showcasing the features of our wonderful product. In fact, as time went on we

The Birthday Cake of Complexity

In the end we had six layers which, when stacked on top of each other, resembled a killer birthday cake.

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