You can't vent to your boss. Probably. But the real question is who can you vent to — and who else do you need in your corner to actually "survive and advance"? Nate and John get into the relationships that don't show up on any org chart but quietly determine everything from your next promotion to whether you're still standing after a reorg. Plus: AI's slow threat to the SaaS seat model, and John tries to fill out a visa application.

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John's out this week, so Kyrie Slater joins as co-host for a conversation about Sales Kickoffs and Marketing. Marketing and SKO share a sometimes uneasy relationship--so where does that leave folks on the team?

Kyrie and Nate compare notes on their recent SKOs—who gets invited and why, whether these expensive events deliver ROI, and what marketers should actually bring back from them.

Plus: lessons learned, the hunt for fiber in conference food, and Magic 8 Balls as swag items.

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How much can one angry customer shape your view of the product? How much should it?

Nate and John discuss the outsized influence of vocal detractors, why being an internal product evangelist matters, and John's story of passive-aggressively loving a forum critic into becoming a fan. Plus: at-home health trends, software review consolidation, and the millennial phone-vs-laptop buying threshold.

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