Lessons from scaling 20 unicorn companies
🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Here's an SEO-optimized description with a compelling hook: Hook/Opening (First 150 characters - crucial for SEO): Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Full Description: Meet Ramsey Prior, CEO of Roomie AI and the strategic advisor behind 20 unicorn companies. He's seen what separates winning teams from losing ones in the digital world—and it's not what you think. The problem? You spend 30% of your week in meetings, but you're missing the conversations that matter most. The Meeting Crisis: Average worker spends 30% of week in meetings (90%+ for remote teams) Harvard Business Review: 75% of meeting time spent discussing OTHER meetings Critical information locked in conversations you weren't invited to Sales and dev teams building resentment through miscommunication gaps Roomie AI Solution: Revolutionary meeting memory system that transforms how distributed teams collaborate: Meeting Memory: Chat with your entire company's meeting history (not just your own) X-ray Feature: AI proactively alerts you to relevant conversations you missed Cross-Team Intelligence: Search conversations happening in other regions, departments, time zones Integration Powerhouse: Connects Slack, CRM, Jira, Air Call, GitHub, Linear into one searchable source Real-World Game Changers: For Sales Leaders: Ask: "What are the top 3 objections in the APAC region this week?" Get verbatim quotes from actual customer calls—no "happy ears" filter Tie feature requests to revenue: "How much is this worth across all deals?" Resolve customer disputes by pulling exact conversation quotes Chapter Markers: 01:45 20 Unicorns Background - Part of scaling 20 unicorns as team member and consultant 03:15 Full Cycle Experience - Zero to one, mid-stage, acquisition, large enterprise 09:00 Coding Evolution Example - Learn to code → now AI codes for you, nobody needs to code 11:15 Problem Selection - Picked meeting effectiveness as core problem to solve 13:30 Meeting Time Statistics - People spend 30% of week in meetings, 90%+ during pandemic 42:15 Developer-Sales Conflicts - 80% miscommunication, builds up anger and resentment 44:00 Communication Made Small - Immediate, direct, frequent, prevents anger buildup 46:15 Happy Ears Problem - Salespeople filter information, managers need neutral risk assessment 1:08:30 Pull Exact Quotes - Send verbatim conversation to resolve issues without being combative 1:10:45 Integration Expansion - Merging other sources: CRM, Slack, Air Call, Jira 1:19:45 Large Brand Examples - Big brands using for specific teams, or 5-person agencies 1:22:00 Who Should Not Try - Regulated industries (HIPAA not certified yet), government (higher security) 1:24:15 Compliance Status - SOCK 2 compliant, GDPR compliant, working on HIPAA and government 1:26:30 Sales Leader Opportunity - Know things without calling different time zones or waiting CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.
