Episode 82

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26th Mar 2025

Defining Outbound: Scaling Sales as a Founder with Ilia Papas

This week on Redefining Outbound, Nat Ferrante talks with Ilia Papas, CEO and co-founder of Band, about building and scaling sales as a founder, especially when coming from an engineering background. Ilia shares how he built a B2B outbound motion from scratch, the lessons he carried over from scaling Blue Apron, and the creative strategies he’s using to drive growth at Band. From overcoming the fear of cold outreach to leveraging AI and data-driven sales tactics, this conversation is packed with insights for founders, sales professionals and anyone defining their approach to outbound.

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About the Podcast

Redefining Outbound
Welcome to Redefining Outbound, a new series co-hosted by Cognism's UK and US sales leaders. They'll be sitting down with the most forward thinking sales leaders to explore how and why B2B buying behaviour has changed. They'll also unpack why these trends are important for organisations today.