The Day-One Enterprise Strategy w/ Ed Calnan (Co-Founder, Seismic)

Apr 30, 2025
35 mins

Episode Description

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Imagine passing $5 million with three customers. That is whale hunting.

Going after big customers with big deals from day one isn't advisable. But sometimes it's the only path.

Today, Ed Calnan (Co-Founder and Fmr. CRO, Seismic) walks us through how to get big account's attention, get through procurement, get through security, all solve for all the things that kill the startups that try this path.


The Science of Scaling is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media in collaboration with ⁠HubSpot For Startups⁠ // Produced by Matthew Brown.

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