Mike Montague
Founder of Avenue9, a Human-First AI Marketing Agency
Appears in 44 Episodes
Coach2Scale's Final Episode with Matt Benelli
After more than 100 episodes, #Coach2Scale wraps with a powerful closing message from host Matt Benelli, one that goes far beyond sales tactics. In this final episode,...
Beyond Motivation: Coaching Sales Teams for Long-Term Success with Josh Allen
In this replay episode of Coach to Scale, host Matt Bonelli sits down with Josh Allen, a veteran sales leader from LogMeIn, CarGurus, Drift, and other notable companie...
Beyond the Quota: Coaching for a Sales Career that Lasts with Ben Johnson
In this replay episode of Coach to Scale, host Matt Bonelli sits down with Ben Johnson, VP at Zendesk, seasoned sales leader, and longtime CrossFit coach, to explore w...
Meaning Drives Motivation: What Managers Are Missing with Rachel Pacheco
In this episode of Coach2Scale, author, professor, and board advisor Rachel Pacheco joins host Matt Bonelli to unpack one of the most overlooked drivers of sales perfo...
Trust Builds Teams. Coaching Builds Careers with Sean Harvey
In this episode, Sean Harvey, CRO at RocketRez, shares a practical framework for building coaching cultures that actually stick. He explains why trust, not tactics, is...
Practicing the Perfect Prospecting Call: A Live Hyperbound AI Role Play Demo with Matt Benelli
In this special episode of Coach to Scale, host Matt Benelli takes on a bold challenge: a live cold-call role play with Hyperbound’s AI-powered prospecting bot one of ...
Coach, Don’t Chase: How Matrixed Leaders Scale Teams Without Losing Their Edge with Shane Hughes
Scaling teams inside matrixed organizations is rarely about speed alone. Shane Hughes, Head of Customer Success at LinkedIn and former Salesforce executive, argues tha...
Never Be Too Busy to Scale: A COO's Playbook for Growth with Jeff Cummings
Too many frontline managers are promoted for hitting quota, then left to figure out leadership on their own. In this episode, Jeff Cummings, COO at LLC Attorney, share...
The Hyperbound Playbook: How Elite Sales Teams Train with AI with Sriharsha Guduguntla
In this episode of Coach to Scale, we sit down with Sriharsha "Sai" Guduguntla, co-founder of Hyperbound, to unpack one of the most pressing challenges in revenue lead...
Leaning Into Who You Are to Lead with Jeff Perry (Replay)
What happens when a top-performing rep becomes a people-first leader in one of the most demanding roles in tech? In this episode of Coach2Scale, Jeff Perry, CRO at Car...
The Cadence of Modern Sales Leadership with Victoria Abeling (REPLAY)
Consistency beats charisma in frontline sales leadership. In this episode of Coach2Scale, VMware Carbon Black’s Head of Sales Development, Victoria Abeling, shared wha...
From Hamster Wheel to High Performance with Mark Roberge (Replay)
Matt Benelli sat down with Mark Roberge last year, former CRO at HubSpot, Harvard Business School professor, and co-founder of Stage 2 Capital, to challenge some of th...
Make Managers Multipliers: The 7X ROI CROs Are Missing with Colum Lundt
In this episode of Coach2Scale, CoachEm CEO and co-founder Colum Lundt joins host Matt Benelli to unpack a critical but often overlooked reality in sales leadership: f...
Q2 Sales Leader Recap with Matt Benelli - Coach2Scale Episode #100
Welcome to Episode 100 of the Coach2Scale Podcast! In this milestone edition, host Matt Benelli delivers a no-nonsense Q2 debrief packed with hard-earned lessons, powe...
From Founder-Led Sales to Systems that Scale with Ken Grosso
What happens when a founder-led sales strategy hits its limits? In this episode of Coach to Scale, Ken Grasso, veteran CRO, advisor, and founder of Catalyst Peak Ventu...
How to Scale Without Losing Your Top Reps with Dan Freund | Coach2Scale
What happens when your top-performing rep becomes a struggling front-line manager? In this episode, Dan Freund, Chief Sales Officer at Invoice Cloud and former Oracle ...
From Anxiety to Accountability: How Empathy That Delivers Results with John Walston
When sales targets are missed, most leaders look at the pipeline, process, or personnel. But what if the real issue is a lack of psychological safety? In this episode ...
Should You Be Friends with Your Reps? | Coach2Scale Sales Leader Debate
Can Sales Managers Be Friends with Their Reps? The Ultimate Sales Leadership DebateShould leaders be friendly or firm? In this epic live debate from CoachEm’s inaugura...
Why Good Reps Plateau and What Great Managers Do About It with Julie Fox | Coach2Scale Episode #95
What happens when your strongest reps stop getting better? In this episode of Coach2Scale, Julie Fox, Global Director of Customer Success at Cin7, shares how she trans...
Sales-Led Growth Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Misunderstood with Jeff Keplar | Coach2Scale Episode #94
Jeff Keplar, former sales executive at Oracle, MapR, and Google, joins Coach2Scale to challenge one of today’s loudest narratives in SaaS: that product-led growth has ...
