122: Emily Kramer: The rise of pi-shaped marketers and picking future unicorns

Emily explored the convergence of marketing, investment, and startups. When picking future unicorns, she attributed timing and luck but stressed the importance of selecting startups that value marketing. She also highlighted the need for “pie-shaped” marketers who combine deep expertise in at least 2 areas but also have a broad foundation.More

67: How a marketing roadmap can keep your team focused

While it doesn’t always have to be set in stone, a roadmap helps your team stay accountable to certain tasks and deliverables but it’s also a focus weapon that arms you with the ability to say no to new requests. You work on priorities and capacity, you share it with other departments for feedback and it becomes marching orders. More