Horacio Zambrano

Horacio Zambrano

CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM Advisor, Truu, Inc.
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Cybersecurity CMO from a product marketing base

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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorJune 8
GTM is very broad and can mean so many things in industry. Strategic analysis and more marketing plan like, PPPP (packaging, pricing, placement, etc.), messaging/positioning You have to pick one, find a good framework and cover all the basis. Most likely they will think it's more academic than......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorDecember 5
For me, it's important to align PMM activities (and others) from the top down, realizing that there are always changes as the year goes on: 1. Business (Strategy) Goals 2. Marketing Goals and Strategy to achieve #1 (includes GTM strategy/plan) - chunked into quarters 3. PMM objectives and pl......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorJune 8
We did more portfolio marketing at Cisco/Juniper where we had many "cybersecurity" problems, whereas in early-stage start-ups and fewer product companies I feel it's more classic product marketing. Portfolio is often more solution or suite level marketing. Strategy is almost business like (don......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorDecember 4
I think showing a promotion within an organization signals something a bit more special than a title change across organizations, so that is a way to motivate someone to stay on longer if an opportunity will open up for them. Start-ups offer a much broader scope of responsibility but may lack the......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorDecember 4
Definitely product management, to understand the blurry demarcation company to company between those 2 positions such as customer exposure, pricing/competitive analysis and salesforce training. Sales management and CRO, sales ops, marketing functional owners (digital, automation, ops) and custome......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorDecember 4
All of the above. To create those higher level relationships internally and project more seniority, you need to be/sound as strategic (about your industry, competition, trends, shifting dynamics) as you are/can about feature richness. Executives tend to be strategic and they need people that can ......Read More
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Horacio Zambrano
Horacio Zambrano
Truu, Inc. CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM AdvisorJune 8
Try to make the switch in the company you are in already, will be very tough externally.  that said,  1. learn online - there is practically nothing you can't master in business today at least theory wise (different in science or medicine, etc.) 2a. do it for free, start with battlecards, et......Read More
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CMO, TruU.ai ; B2B GTM/PMM Advisor at Truu, Inc.
Lives In Palo Alto, CA
Knows About Establishing Product Marketing, Influencing the Product Roadmap, Product Marketing 30......more