Joining the #Blueground Revolution: From Consulting to Managing a 600 M $ SOONICORN 🦄

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Prime Seasoned Wisdom

Darius A. Tent

15 episodes

5 days ago

Candid convos with savvy leaders willing to cascade from their experience, revealing the nitty-gritty of business and management. As we deep dive into the essentials and the not-so-rosy bits, we slice and dice the challenges and secrets to long-term success in various careers, roles, jobs, and industries. Your host Darius Tent is a seasoned Management Consultant and Interim GM with vast experience in helping global businesses get from point A to point B where they actually want to be, by smooth sailing between unplanned, unexpected, or unwanted events. "Dry version" eps = solo podcast.

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Joining the #Blueground Revolution: From Consulting to Managing a 600 M $ SOONICORN 🦄

Prime Seasoned Wisdom

2 hours 14 minutes 16 seconds

1 year ago

Joining the #Blueground Revolution: From Consulting to Managing a 600 M $ SOONICORN 🦄

#consulting #blueground #soonicorn #series #bizops How to succeed in a BizOps role: Managing a Series D Soonicorn that pioneered its way into a ± 600 M USD untapped market potential. How managing over 15 markets around the world might be impossible without a solid educational foundation and key skills that are sharpened by working at a top-tier consulting firm. The end in mind of this detailed video podcast is to, hopefully, help thousands of management aspirants out there find the right way to start on this career path, understand the skills that are required to walk in such shoes regardless of the industry, and how only an analytical mindset backed by EQ can help you flourish as a liaison between executives and delivery teams. Questions addressed: 1. When’s the right moment to start preparing for our future dream job? 2. How do we measure the ROI wrt our education and how do we choose the right path that will get us closer to our desired career path? 3. How can you spot a former top Management Consultant from a crowd of consultants? 4. Most valuable lessons learned from working in BCG? 5. Advantages and disadvantages of working at such an intense and high level 6. Top 5 tips for those out there competing for a job in such companies 7. Advantages and disadvantages of selling/playing between Booking and AirBnB - uncharted territory (business travel customers + real estate suppliers) 8. What’s your USP (Unique Selling Point)? Why Blueground and not others? 9. Advantages and disadvantages of converting the original plan into a digital product 10. The most important lessons learned during the pandemic 11. Lessons learned from the current recession - so far 12. How much do culture and origin weigh when you’re aiming for an executive role in a scale-up phase? Why? 13. The role of VC in building and crashing dreams 14. Top 5 skills to make it in the long run in this industry 15. The most important KPIs to watch daily 16. East or West - what options are being explored from a sales/expansion POV and why there? 17. The most important aspects to have in mind when working directly with Senior Executives or high-net-worth clients 18. Have cultural barriers or factors within a company pushed you away from it or pulled you towards it? Share some of them that are important to you :) 19. First 100-day agenda (new role) - where does your focus go towards? 20. Do seasoned executives need to keep leveling up their executive game? If yes, how? How do we make sure we grow with the business? 21. Tips on how to quickly appraise the worthiness of a decision/investment/action (building estimations) 22. The AI revolutions - job cuts or job enrichments - why it's essential to learn how to work with AI 23. As a BizOps how do we mitigate - the battles between sales and delivery - what do we do when there’s a lack of chemistry here? 24. Tips to have in mind as a liaison between the client and delivery teams 25. Tips for managing global teams in a Soonicorn

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