Shortening The Sales Process From Days To Hours with Aleks Gollu #189

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Aleks Gollu is the co-founder and CEO of 11Sight, an Inbound Video Call Platform for Revenue Teams. Aleks is a serial entrepreneur and CEO with a successful track record of building innovative solutions from idea to exit. He started his career at Oracle and Sapient. However, being in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, he rapidly realized his passion for entrepreneurship and co-founded his first startup, O’TelNet, a pioneer of SMS-based cell phone applications that was acquired by a competitor.

He holds a B.S. degree from MIT and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UC Berkeley. Gollu has also been granted 8 patents, is fluent in 4 languages, and outside of work, Aleks is a movie aficionado and enjoys mountain biking and cooking.

In this episode we cover:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:28 - How 11Sight Is Innovating The Video Calling SaaS Business
• 07:13 - How These Unscheduled Calls Work At 11Sight
• 11:17 - How Inbound Video Reduces The Sales Cycle For Client & Customer Perspectives
• 12:56 - Businesses Where Reduced Sales Cycle Works Better Or Don't
• 14:36 - 11Sight Tried On A Outbound Level
• 16:17 - How 11Sight Video Calling Works
• 18:37 - DoFollow - Premium Link Building
• 19:46 - Fast Building Confidence And Trust With Customers
• 23:04 - The Most Critical Skill In a Sales Communication
• 26:12 - Aleks’ Favorite Activity To Get Into a Flow State
• 26:49 - Aleks’ Piece Of Advice For His 25 Years Old Self
• 28:46 - Alek’s Biggest Challenges at 11Sight
• 30:39 - Instrumental Resources For Aleks’ Success
• 32:02 - What Does Success Means for Aleks Today
• 35:27 - Get In Touch With Aleks

Get In Touch With Aleks:

11Sight Contact Page

Aleks’ LinkedIn

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10% discount on 11Sight services with the coupon HORIZEN10

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