Beyond the Hire
On Beyond the Hire, we dive into recruiting for the GTM space, what it takes to build winning teams, and how industry leaders got to where they are today.
With your hosts: Sandra Polak and Ayse Yasas
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
Beyond the Hire
Latest Episodes
From Oracle Acquisition to Startup Agility: Lily Gibbens’ Career Pivot
Lily Gibbens joins Beyond the Hire to share how she built a decade-long career at Cerner (later acquired by Oracle) and why she eventually made the leap to a much smaller startup environment. She breaks down the differences between big...
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Episode 8
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What Startups Get Wrong About Sales (and How to Fix It) with Carol Malakasis
No BS. All real talk.This week on Beyond the Hire, we’re joined by Carol Malakasis, founder of MarketPull, a GTM consulting agency helping seed and Series A startups hit their first $1M in revenue.Carol’s path from sellin...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:10
The Bad Layoff Call That Launched a Career Coaching Empire
This week on Beyond the Hire, we sit down with Michelle Vitus, CEO and founder of Slate, a B2B coaching platform built to help people navigate what’s next. Before founding Slate, Michelle was a VP at Wells Fargo, held business developm...
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Episode 7
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50:12
How Dr. Heather Doshay Reinvented Her Career (3x) and Found Her Perfect Fit at a VC
What does it really take to pivot your career—more than once—and land in a role that feels like a perfect fit?In this episode of Beyond the Hire, we sit down with Dr. Heather Doshay, Partner and Head of Talent at SignalFire. Heather tak...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:09
From Personal Crisis to Breaking Barriers at Workday & Becoming a Startup Trailblazer: Jennifer Penn
How do you turn a family emergency into a foundation for career resilience, find the perfect role fit at a global firm, break barriers as the lone woman on senior sales teams, and still leap into hypergrowth at startup? We weren't sure which is...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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