The $100M CRO Bubble: Why Anthropic Are Causing a Comp Crisis | Why You Should Never Hire From Salesforce or Service Now | Chad Peets & Chris Degnan

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May 23, 2026

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Chad Peets is one of the most straight-talking, no BS sales leaders of our time. Today, he partners with founders of the fastest growing companies in the world, like Harvey, Factory to build the best sales teams in a world of AI.

Chris Degnan is a legendary technology sales leader who achieved the historic feat of scaling Snowflake from $0 to $4BN in ARR.

In Today's Show We Discuss:
  • The $100M CRO Packages Nobody Believes Are Real

  • Why Most "Elite" Salespeople Are Actually Just Order Takers

  • The Secret to Hiring Killer Sales Talent at Early-Stage Startups

  • 20x Quotas & The Death of Traditional Pipeline Generation

  • The ARR Scam: Why Most AI Revenue Numbers Are Fake

  • Why the Best Engineers Do Not Want to Be Forward Deployed Engineers

  • Why Paying Everyone the Same Kills Great Sales Organisations

  • Anthropic's Crazy Compensation Is Breaking the Entire Sales Market

  • The Brutal Truth About Replacing CROs & Firing Sales Leaders

  • Forecasting in AI Is Completely Broken

  • The Fatal Mistake Founders Make Chasing Venture Valuations

  • Why Most VCs Give Absolutely Terrible Sales Advice

  • Global Sales From Day One: The New AI Go-To-Market Playbook

  • "Anthropic Is a $5 Trillion Company"

  • The Death of the Traditional SDR & The Rise of Full-Stack AI Sellers

  • Consumption Pricing, Vertical AI & Why SaaS Is Getting Rewritten

  • What the Best Sales Cultures Still Get Right in the AI Era

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