First-Pick CRO: How to Become the Person VCs Call Before the Job Goes Public

Podcast: Hunters and Unicorns · huntersandunicorns

Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

On this episode of Hunters and Unicorns, hosts Simon Kouttis and Ollie Kuehne sit down with Parm Uppal, Chief Revenue Officer at Chainguard, to unpack what it actually takes to become a "first-pick" CRO, the person VCs and founders call first when they need world-class go-to-market leadership. Parm shares hard-won lessons from his career at AppDynamics, DataRobot, Benchling, Luminary, and now Chainguard, covering: Why "develop down" beats "manage up" and how strong foundations make everything else easier Building internal champions and followship the right way The 3-stage framework for scaling revenue teams: product-market fit → repeatability → scale The "elephant, deer...