David McCollum, Head of Enterprise Sales at Square

The Ramped Podcast

English - December 23, 2021 11:45 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:

[2:17] – Intro to David[3:42] – Focusing on learning and experience[8:22] – The impact of a leadership change [10:25] – The importance of learning from failure[13:08] – Keeping things in perspective[20:06] – The most impactful people on David's career [24:42] – Creating a higher performing sales team[26:07] – Embracing the unknown

MORE ON DAVID:

David McCollum leads the strategic sales org at Block. As Head of Strategic Sales, David leads the organization responsible for selling and supporting Block's largest customers. The team includes Business Development, Sales, Project Management, and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to joining Block, David was Vice President of Sales at DoubleDutch (Now part of Cvent). David is a Bay Area native who currently splits time between California and Idaho. He has a wife, two young kids, and a pug named Benson.