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20VC: Why AI SDRs are BS and Do Not Work | How to Use AI in Your Sales Team and Process to Win Today | What Skills Do All New Reps Need to Have in an AI First World with Amit Bendov, CEO @ Gong
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Amit Bendov is Co-Founder & CEO of Gong, the leading AI-sales platform. The company has raised over $600 million from some of the best in the world including Sequoia, Thrive, Salesforce and more. Gong has surpassed $300M in ARR, serves thousands of customers (including multiple Fortune 10s), and is valued at over $7BN.
AGENDA:
– Why CRM Was Always a Lie and Gong's Secret Insight
– Will AI Kill Salesforce? Mark Benioff's Nightmare
– Why 99% of VCs Said No to Gong's Seed Round
– The Shocking Trial Close That Changed Everything
– Can AI Make Every Seller Perform Like LeBron?
– Will Sales Software Shift from Software Budget to Human Labor Budget?
– Why AI SDRs Are "Stupid" and Bound to Fail
– Gong's Darkest Hour: Shrinking, Churn, and Losing Muscle
– The Re-Acceleration Playbook: How Gong Got Back to Hypergrowth
– Would Amit Ever Sell Gong—or Take It Public?
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