Articles about outreach

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names CTO; Outreach appoints CFO; Concord’s new CEO; and other hires

Cynthia Tee is now chief technology officer for Smartsheet. Tee was previously senior vice president of engineering at the Bellevue,… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft poaches 3 AI experts from Google DeepMind; Rover names COO; and more

— Microsoft hired three former members of Google DeepMind, which was originally co-founded as a startup research lab by Microsoft’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach adds CMO and CRO to C-suite; AWS vet joins Synthesia; and more

— Seattle sales automation company Outreach added two leaders to its C-suite: Chief Revenue Officer Nadia Rashid and Chief Marketing Officer… Read More

Interview with new Outreach CEO Abhijit Mitra on how AI will impact salespeople

Sales automation software company Outreach launched more than a decade ago, has raised nearly $500 million, sells to more than… Read More

Outreach cuts 9% of workforce in latest layoffs at Seattle sales automation startup

Outreach is trimming its headcount, laying off 9% of staff in another cost-cutting move. A company spokesperson confirmed the latest… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

Paresh Rajwat this summer stepped down from his role as the Pacific Northwest head of office for Meta, which has… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy gets new CEO; more C-suite changes at Outreach

Tina-Marie Gulley is now CEO for Ada Developers Academy after serving as interim chief executive since April. “Her passion for… Read More

Outreach CEO Manny Medina steps down, a decade after founding sales automation startup

Manny Medina has stepped down as CEO of Outreach, the Seattle-based sales automation software company he helped start a decade… Read More

More layoffs at Outreach: Seattle sales software startup cuts 12% of staff

Outreach laid off 12% of its staff this week, the latest round of layoffs at the Seattle-based startup. A company spokesperson… Read More

Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability

Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software… Read More

Sales startup Outreach to lay off 70 employees, 7% of workforce, and slow office expansion

Outreach is laying off 70 workers, about 7% of its workforce, marking the second round of cuts the Seattle sales… Read More

How this sales startup is using GPT-3 tech to boost lead qualification

The economic slowdown and tech layoffs have dealt a double blow to enterprise sales teams. Outreach CEO Manny Medina thinks… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona hires former Bezos technical advisor; Seattle Children’s names COO

— Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group appointed Wei Gao as venture partner and Anna Baird as operating partner. Gao was… Read More

Tech Moves: Glassdoor hires former Convoy chief economist; Kineta adds exec; and more

— Maggie Brady, previously a human resources group leader at fintech company Fiserv, is now head of people at trucking… Read More

Why the CEO of this Seattle tech unicorn will not do business with Russian companies

The CEO of Seattle-based Outreach is urging more tech leaders to take a stand against Russia and said his startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Tableau’s new data chief; Outreach, Trulioo add CPOs; Gemini recruits CTO from AWS

— Microsoft alum Wendy Turner-Williams is now chief data officer at Tableau. She joined from Tableau’s parent company Salesforce where… Read More

Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds strategic directors; ex-Amperity CMO joins Tenable; Discord hires Microsoft gaming exec

— Seattle startup vet Brian Goldfarb was named chief marketing officer at Tenable, a Columbia, Md.-based cybersecurity company. He was… Read More

Outreach opens office in New York City as startup continues to grow presence outside Seattle

Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the opening of an office in New York City on Monday. Located in the… Read More

Outreach makes second acquisition, swoops up revenue intelligence startup Canopy

Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the acquisition of Canopy, an Indianapolis, Ind.-based startup that aims to help companies analyze… Read More

The most successful accelerator cohort ever: How this Techstars Seattle class produced 3 unicorns

In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t… Read More

Four Seattle-area unicorns make Forbes ‘Cloud 100’ ranking of best private companies in the cloud

Forbes has released its sixth annual Cloud 100 ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies, and four high-value startups… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach adds CMO; new execs at startups ShelfEngine and Kaskada; and more

— Outreach, the Seattle sales enablement startup now valued at $4.4 billion, named Melton Littlepage as its new chief marketing… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s general counsel joins Cisco; Outreach adds execs; Avalara expands board

— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal… Read More

Outreach lands $200 million, pushing valuation of sales software startup to $4.4 billion

Outreach just landed $200 million in venture capital that the 10-year-old software company will use to help more sales professionals close… Read More

Outreach founders raise $1.7M to build ‘Sims for the enterprise’ with new Seattle startup Spot

New funding: Spot, a year-old company led by the founders of billion-dollar startup Outreach, has raised $1.7 million. Company background: GeekWire… Read More

Tech Moves: Former AT&T Vice Chairman Ralph de la Vega joins Outreach board; Flyhomes adds VPs

— Seattle startup Outreach has a new board member: Ralph de la Vega, the former vice chairman at AT&T and… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: What Seattle’s billion-dollar startups say about the region’s tech industry

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Seattle’s tech community just reached a new milestone: 10… Read More

Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion-dollar startups?

The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach and Flyhomes marketing chiefs depart; startup studio Pienza grows team

— Margaret Arakawa has left her role as chief marketing officer at sales automation startup Outreach. Arakawa spent nearly 20… Read More