How to Build a Marketing Function for B2B Startups

Shahin chats with Nirosha Methananda, VP of Marketing at Influ2, about her experience in growing a marketing function from one person to a full team of 20 people.  Driven by a strong urge to Always Be Learning (ABL), Nirosha is a proud marketing generalist. With a career spanning close to 15-years, across many marketing disciplines and industries, she’s currently the VP of Marketing at Influ2. Prior to this, Nirosha was responsible for creating Bombora's distinctive brand and establishing it as the leading global provider of B2B Intent data. She also led marketing for PwC Australia's Tech Consulting practice, dabbled in PR and journalism at Power Retail and gained an interest in digital and data at Experian Hitwise.  The episode covers: The actions to take as a first marketing hireThe common mistakesAdvice for those in a startupThe importance of self-advocacy Resources mentioned in this episode: Bob HoffmanKatie Martell _________________ For your copy of the State of ABM in APAC Report (2022): https://xgrowth.com.au/abm-report/ Miss out on our latest webinar? Listen here: https://xgrowth.com.au/blogs/programmatic-abm/ Join the Slack channel: https://growthcolony.org/slack Hosted & Produced by Shahin Hoda, Allysa Maywald & Alexander Hipwell, from xGrowth We would love to get your questions, ideas and feedback about Growth Colony, email [email protected]