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1. I enjoy helping others 
2. I love to collaborate and discussing fresh ideas around GTM, AI, and CLAY!
3. I’ve helped 500+ businesses implement AI, nocode, and Clay.

I consider myself a lifelong student and SHARE what I learn.

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Chris Viglietta

Yesterday's AI GTM Workshop at Clay wasn't what I expected

It was BETTER - here are some insights I gathered from teaching:

1. Improvisation - the wifi went down for 45 min before we started. Normally, people might panic in this situation BUT this created an opportunity for us to openly talk about what each person THOUGHT they wanted to build during the workshop. HOWEVER, their ideas transformed as we asked more questions. This is a beautiful result of being curious, empathetic, and inquisitive. 

2. Every artist has a medium. We deeply believe this at Clay. So, we brought in a sketch artist (Saki- she's amazing!) to recreate each student's favorite photos and bring THEM into her artistic process. The result? People were beaming with joy when they say the finished art. Every artist has a medium. Saki has sketching. Now they (the students) have Clay.

3. Beginners prefer to be GIVEN 1-2 workflows to build. This is contrary to Intermediates who already know what they want to build but just need a little gut check before starting. Next time, we'll let beginners choose from a set of pre-determined usecases (ex: inbound, outbound, crm, etc...)

4. Don't let students "chase the rabbit". Clay is powerful, but with great power comes great responsibility. Just because you CAN do (almost) anything doesn't mean you should - especially given time constraints. During open build, it makes sense to checkin with students every 10 min to ensure they're not going down rabbit holes and coming back empty-handed.

This is only the beginning.

AI GTM Workshops are coming back to SF and NYC next month (in Feb).

Thank you to EVERYBODY that came to learn, build, & create art (literally!) 🎨🖌️

Lindsey Newman, David Ronen, Brandon Ward, Alex Diaz-Casos, MS, MRED Margy Shomaker, Hakeem Oloritun, Lili Cook, Arthur Julio Nelson Matthew Iles, Sungmoon Lim, Kelvin Sims Katherine Shiff, Emily Limoncelli Carolyn Philip, Dan Sunchu, Joseph Rosenfield 

SPECIAL shoutout to our AMAZING Claymates that helped make it all possible! Katherine Dao Sarah Xu Sayli Godse Natalie Ho, Luda Zhao

Things in 2025 I'm taking into 2026. 

🎵Music I fell in love with in 2025
1. Buena Vista Social Club
2. Bad Bunny salsa 
3. Hamilton 
4. In the Heights


📦 Products I felt were worth the buy
1. Espresso Machine + Coffee Grinder (making coffee is relaxing)
2. Piano (trying to learn 1 song this year)
3. Longboard Surfboard (9.6ft rides smooooth in Malibu)
4. Salsa private lessons (not a product, but worth every $1)
5. Tennis lessons (same thing)
6. Truck - less mess when surfing
8. Physical books (tactile things bring me joy)
9. Whiteboard 
10. Pocket notebooks (i found ones that I enjoy carrying and using to write ideas)
11. Big A$$ calendar by Jesse Itzler
12. Nintendo Switch (I flew a lot this year and it was nostalgic to play Pokemon!)


🧰 Tools I really adopted this year
1. Clay (crazy to reflect on my journey)
2. Wispr Flow (feels like magic!)
3. Claude (reusing projects for convos around life)
4. Lovable (vibe-coded quite a few apps at work and personal)
5. Raycast AI (leveling up my productivity when I use a computer)
6. HotKey (doubling down on using keyboard shortcuts)
7. beehiiv (powers my newsletter)
8. Riverside (started filming B2B interviews with GTM leaders)


📕Best Books I got a lot out of
1. Navalmanack (reread it again)
2. Feel Good Productivity 
3. The Inner Game of Tennis
4. Poison at Breakfast
5. All about Love
6. Barbarian Days
7. Storyworthy


🎰Bets I would take again
1. Invest in community (spent thousands to travel with my core group and created mems)
2. Launch a newsletter (2k, so much to do here)
3. Build in public, permissionlessley 
4. Creating a video series - filming V4V changed my life
5. Work at Clay (I got no's for 5 months, but eventually, it all worked out)
6. Be a friend to have friends (always show up for my friends)


🧠Habits I'll continue
1. Going for a walk first thing in the morning (feel happier)
2. Making a slow coffee in the morning 60-90 min after waking up (no crash)
3. no coffee after 1pm (sleep is terrible)
3. Reading before bed instead of Netflix (i feel more rested)
4. Weekly therapy sessions
5. Working out (Weightlifting 4x, Pilates 1-2x, Tennis 1-2x, Salsa 2x)
6. Use the Big Ass Calendar (it forced me to proactively plan a year of adventure)
7. Contrast Therapy (dry sauna with friends feels amazing for my body and soul)
8. Matcha Mornings with core group to just hang and chat once per week
9. Weekend Hikes (walking in nature feels so good)
10. Going for mid-day walks to change up my location (feels more creative and days are less blurred)

This year's themes for me are creating, thriving, and exploring. Last year was focused on community and expansiveness. Last year, I fractured my L1 vertabrae after getting violently thrown off a horse - was bedridden for 3 months. I'm motivated to feel strong, athletic, and explosive again. Bright side - 7 solo skydive jumps!

✏️ Tell me your best products, habits, music so my 2026 list is even better

s/o 🐰 Jen Igartua for the inspo to write this post

I've spent 10 years building my sales career working in industries including SaaS, telecommunications and insurance. My expertise lies in business development, value-based sales and leading and empowering quota-carrying teams. I thrive on challenges and have a proven track record of success at both startups and established brands.

I've recently joined Riverside.fm as a Business Development Manager where I'm excited to help the team drive outbound-sourced pipeline by building strategic relationships, engaging with new prospects, and expanding our reach in the content creation and production space.

👉 Riverside is redefining the way creators, brands, and professionals record studio-quality audio and video content remotely from anywhere. I couldn’t be more excited about Riverside's mission to empower creators and businesses to tell their stories and amplify their voices.

If you’re in the video production, content creation, podcasting, and multimedia space, let’s connect and chat about how Riverside can help you elevate your recordings! 🎙️📹

Richard Dieu

Was amazing to see so many old and new faces at the SDR Leaders of Canada / SDR Leaders of USA meet up in Toronto yesterday. 

Thank you for all the learnings and insights from all the leaders who attended and thank you to Dale Thorn and Marissa M for putting together a great discussion.

Looking forward to the next one! (Hopefully when it's not -20 outside) 😂

BDR Whisperer | Dad in Tech | Delivering Studio-Quality & Control to Remote Content Productions🎙️🎥

Builder of Markets & Relationships | Logistics & Tech Matchmaker | Big on Connections, Bigger on Solutions

Toronto brought together 39 passionate leaders committed to growth and learning last night with an amazing turnout of SDR Leaders of Canada / SDR Leaders of USA! We had the honor of discussing effective coaching strategies at scale with Marissa M. from Nooks & Dale Thorn. It was a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can elevate SDR performance together. 

From integrating AI into our coaching methods to understanding when to focus on different performance levels, we covered so much ground. The exchange of ideas was not only informative but also inspiring! 

Thanks to everyone who made it out and to those who couldn’t, you were missed! Looking forward to our next session where we can dive deeper into these important topics. 

A huge thank you to Marissa M. & Nooks team for their continued support. Big shoutout to Vena Solutions & 🌱Colton Gray/Mark Dahlke for providing such a welcoming space! Lastly to Dale Thorn for hosting the session.

If you’re an SDR leader and want to be part of this community, DM me.

Can't wait for what's next!

#SDRLeaders #Coaching #ProfessionalDevelopment #CommunityBuilding #Toronto

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