The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital
Oct 24, 2025
AI
Automation
Cloud
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch | 1 h 28 m
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Discover how Snowflake scaled to $3B ARR with unconventional sales leadership.
Chris Degnan, Snowflake's former CRO, shares lessons on scaling sales and customer success.
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Built Snowflake's sales org from zero to $3 billion ARR.
Challenges Snowflake vs Databricks and competitive sales strategies.
Critiques traditional customer success and proposes new approaches.
"You should hire a head of sales sooner than you think." - Chris Degnan