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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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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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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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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 […]

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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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Joel Inman – CEO Lexicon Travel Technologies

Joel Inman shares insights from his 5 year journey leading Lexicon Travel Technologies. Joel shares some of the highs and […]

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Scott Beck – CEO of CHG Healthcare

Scott Beck shares how as CEO he grew ⁠CHG Healthcare⁠ into a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and how culture and listening […]

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Trail Marker: Hire Slow. Fire Fast.

Julian digs deep into the well known but hard to execute concept of “Hire Slow and Fire Fast” and how […]

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Maile Keone – CEO Listen Technologies

Today Julian Castelli sits down with Maile Keone, CEO of Listen Technologies, Assistive Listening and Communication Solutions for Inclusive Experiences. […]

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Trail Marker: Who’s In Your Corner?

Julian dives deeper into the idea of having a mentor or coach. As a tech leader, its lonely at the […]

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Ernest Oriente – Founder of PowerHour

Today Julian Castelli sits down with Ernest Oriente, author and professional coach of 28 years with his company PowerHour. Ernest […]

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The Missing Million$

The ‘missing million’ completely changed the tone and energy of the customer conversation, and we sold many deals without even demoing our software. Once we

May I Please Pay You More?

The question then, is how do you get this magical Net Revenue Retention? I spend a lot of time with clients and portfolio companies addressing

Is Your Revenue Team Rowing In The Same Direction?

Here are some steps to make sure that all members of your revenue organization are rowing together in the same direction:

What Got You Here… Won’t Get You There

Success in the early stages, however, does not always transfer forward into growth stages for either teams or their companies.

Looking for the Next Stage in Growth – Follow Your Customers

Kevin is responsible for delivering the next several stages of growth for the Company, and acknowledges that “what got us here….won’t necessarily get us to

The Gears of Growth

We have found that sustainable revenue growth cannot be achieved by hiring a handful of superstars, achieving individual acts of heroism, or by implementing a

Leading Through Difficult Times

This post focuses on building culture as a key strategy for difficult times and is the first of three blog posts on the topic of

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