Sydney Sloan (former Salesloft CMO, 2x CMO) joins Dave to talk about her time at Salesloft helping the company grow from $15-$100M+ ARR and ultimately a $2.3B valuation after Vista equity bought a majority stake in the company.  They talk about how to pick the right company as CMO, how Salesloft went about category creation, going from stunts to predictable revenue, marketing in a competitive marketing (Outreach vs. Salesloft vs. Clari), why you need to spend the budget, how to hire and navigate career progression, and her career as a marketing leader.Follow Sydney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydsloan/Follow Dave: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegerhardt/Be a part of the Exit Five B2B marketing community at exitfive.comThis episode is brought to you by Metadata: https://metadata.io/ Metadata helps demand gen. marketers automate paid campaigns and drive more revenue. Learn why more B2B SaaS companies are using Metadata to grow revenue at Metadata.io.Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing the podcast for me. They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.