Episode 2

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11th Mar 2025

A Beautiful Friendship

In this 2nd episode of Misadventures in Marketing, hosts Peter Farago and Steve Haney discuss Peter’s superhero origin story, his roots in the Bay Area, and Steve’s affinity for Peet’s Coffee. Then they delve into the intricate relationship between sales and marketing teams, and where they strongly disagree on how that relationship should work. It’s not a knock-down-drag-out struggle to the death, but their respective views on collaboration dynamics, the balance between revenue and profitability goals, and the importance of aligning marketing strategies with sales objectives are, shall we say, different. They explore the challenges of evaluating and selling long term marketing goals within a company and emphasize the need for a holistic approach to achieving sustainable business growth. The discussion also highlights the significance of measuring marketing impact and the need for open communication to foster a healthy relationship with the sales organization.

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About the Podcast

Misadventures in Marketing
A Cautionary Podcast Tale of Tech Marketing
Misadventures in Marketing is a podcast about high tech marketing in Silicon Valley, focusing primarily on marketing challenges in early stage technology startups. Hosts Peter Farago and Steve Haney, veteran Silicon Valley marketing executives, chat weekly about marketing practices in high tech, the latest martech product news, their experiences from the front lines, and interviews with their CMO friends and colleagues.

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Peter Farago

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