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Sramana Mitra: We need to go from 2004 to 2015. In the context of what happened as you were growing within Europe, were you following the customer acquisition strategy using cold calling? Katherine Kostereva: Yes, for outbound marketing and inbound marketing as well. Sramana Mitra: Specifically, what marketing strategies worked for you that helped you
Sramana Mitra: What did you need to do in terms of sales and marketing? Precisely, what were the hires assigned to do? Katherine Kostereva: Since the beginning of the company, we invested heavily into both inbound and outbound marketing. We always had sales development. In 2003, we managed to do it just through cold calls.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning. I’m going to step you through the process of how you put one foot before the other. How did you get the business off the ground? Who was the first client? How did you win this client? How did the business start to unfold? Stephan Goss:
Sramana Mitra: What is it about this company that appealed to you and what is your background? Rudy Nadilo: My background is in technology. To keep it simple, I graduated from Northwestern and got my MBA. I ended up being in the advertising industry for the first 10 years. Then I went to the research field because
Sramana Mitra: Tell me a little bit about you and how this came about. You’re saying that you experienced demand from different countries for CRM. This was 2003? Katherine Kostereva: Yes. Sramana Mitra: How did you get this off the ground? Katherine Kostereva: It was just the two of us – myself and my partner. We
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