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The Crew Podcast

Chris Balestras

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview show focused on go-to-market strategy at AI-native and early-stage SaaS companies, typically featuring CROs, sales leaders, and venture investors with firsthand experience scaling revenue organizations. Strong guest candidates include senior GTM executives, founders, and investors who can share specific operating playbooks or proven results in AI and SaaS; booking difficulty is high because the show favors prominent industry leaders.

Metrics

Episodes: 49

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 297 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

chris@vibescaling.ai

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Host

Chris Balestras - Chris Balestras is a co-founder and partner at Crew, a GTM recruiting, advisory, investing, and media firm serving AI-native and fast-growing SaaS companies. He is also a former enterprise seller.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior GTM operators, CROs, heads of sales, founders, and venture investors with substantial experience in AI-native or SaaS companies.
Required Achievements:  
Scaled revenue organizations, Built or transformed enterprise sales motions, Led GTM teams at prominent AI or SaaS companies, Invested in or advised early-stage technology companies, Developed repeatable sales, hiring, or pipeline-generation playbooks

Recent Guest Discussions

Stevie Case - Product-market Fit, Sales Organization Design, Enterprise Expansion, Hiring, Revenue Efficiency, And Scaling GTM Teams.

Rafa Jara-Simkin - Founding Sales Hires, Enterprise Selling, Category Creation, AI Startup Economics, Leadership, And Executive Coaching.

Nick Bogaty - Scaling Enterprise Sales, Predictable Pipeline, Signal-based GTM, Open-source Growth, Ai-enabled Sales Operations, And CRO Leadership.

Becca Lindquist - Building Sales Teams, Pipeline Generation, Sales Hiring, Product-led Growth, AI Tools For GTM, Compensation, And Scaling Usage-based Businesses.

Recent Topics

Go To Market, Sales, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Venture Capital

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Crew Podcast
:

Why AI Companies Aren’t Defensible & Sales Teams Fail w/ Brendon Cassidy, Founding GTM @ LinkedIn

October 13, 2026

Brendon Cassidy is the founder of Cassidy Ventures, where he operates, advises, and invests in startups, helping founders with everything from demand and pipeline to their first VP of Sales hire.He was one of LinkedIn's earliest employees, then ran sales at EchoSign alongside Jason Lemkin through its acquisition by Adobe, and later at Talkdesk. He was involved with Gong from its inception and has worked with 100 to 150 companies across SaaS and AI, including Higgsfield AI.He started his c...

Cyber Risk Has Never Been Higher & Selling Cyber 101 w/ Steve Pascucci VP of Global Sales @ Outtake

October 06, 2026

Steve Pascucci is VP of Global Sales at Outtake, the Series B, AI-native security company building a trust layer for the internet. Backed by CRV and ICONIQ and recently named a Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startup, Outtake protects the world's most recognizable brands and executives from impersonation and threats across the public internet, social media, and the dark web. Before Outtake, Steve spent nearly a decade at Cloudflare, where he was the first outside sales leader hired, helped bui...

Live Podcast: The GTM Rebrand, CRO Musical Chairs & Talent Mafias @ Reserve Padel NYC

October 01, 2026

Live from Hudson Yards: Crew's first-ever live podcast, recorded at the AI GTM Paddle Club Event at Reserve with roughly 150 of New York's best GTM operators in the room. Crew's twelfth event in two years, and the first one on a padel court.The PanelChris Balestras, Partner at Crew, hosting. Started at Salesforce, moved into early-stage sales, then founded Crew.Curt Clauss, Partner at Crew, heading up the AE and sales leadership practice. Twelve years in tech sales across Series A...

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Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
The Crew Podcast
:

How do I get in touch with The Crew Podcast?

The Crew Podcast is hosted by Chris Balestras. Its publicly listed email is chris@vibescaling.ai. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Crew Podcast?

The publicly listed email for The Crew Podcast: chris@vibescaling.ai.

How many listeners does The Crew Podcast have?

Podseeker estimates The Crew Podcast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Crew Podcast?

The Crew Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior GTM operators, CROs, heads of sales, founders, and venture investors with substantial experience in AI-native or SaaS companies. Common among recent guests: Scaled revenue organizations; Built or transformed enterprise sales motions; Led GTM teams at prominent AI or SaaS companies. Recent guests include Stevie Case, Rafa Jara-Simkin, and Nick Bogaty.

How hard is it to get booked on The Crew Podcast?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does The Crew Podcast cover?

Recent episodes cover Go To Market, Sales, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, and Venture Capital. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

chris@vibescaling.ai

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