Vanvisa Brown: Moving From a Large Organisation to a High-Growth Startup
- E56
- 22:42
- April 14th 2021
In this episode host, Shahin talks to Vanvisa Brown, Head of Demand Gen at DiviPay about Van's experience moving from a large organisation into a fast-growing, nimble startup. This is a question on the minds of a lot of marketers as COVID has accelerated the growth of many startups specifically in the SaaS space. But moving from a secure large organisation to a startup can be a daunting move for many. Van gives us insights to understand why she made the jump and if you are thinking about a similar move, how should you go about making that decision.
Vanvisa is a seasoned B2B marketing and ABM leader who recently left SafetyCulture to join a fintech startup, DiviPay. During her time at SafetyCulture, she spearheaded an ABM program across 3 regions: North America, EMEA and APAC. She also led a marketing team in the early days at Employment Hero. As the first marketing hire for DiviPay, her role is to build the demand generation and growth marketing function from the ground up.
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