Episode Details

"Sales and marketing just seems to be like a lost skill so you have to learn to be the differentiator as the human bridge."

This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.

This Mini Chief episode features Nick Lissette, Founder & CEO of Blackpearl Group.

His full episode is titled Driving data into dollars, building human bridges in an AI world, and his "win or die" attitude.

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Nick is the Founder and CEO of Blackpearl Group, a global data and AI technology company based in Wellington, New Zealand.

With over 20 years in software, data and AI, he has built a career developing intelligent technology that drives measurable business growth.

Under Nick's leadership, Blackpearl has grown from a founder-funded startup to a publicly listed global company providing purpose-built AI-powered tools to small to medium enterprises, helping them find and convert customers without expensive ad dependence.

Nick is something of a serial entrepreneur, having founded an anti-spam SaaS service called Silver Cloud Mail in 2006, which he sold in 2012.

In the full AI Masterclass, we talk about:

✅ Why AI speed only matters when it drives customer revenue outcomes.

✅ How to defend your business when code is no longer an obstacle.

✅ Why sales, marketing and human bridges still remain critical competitive advantages, and

✅ How executives can become AI-ready before AI takes their job.

Stay epic,

Greg

Connecting with Nick Lissette

You can connect with Nick via LinkedIn.

Books and Resources

• Creating Sustainable Advantage - by Jaynie Smith

• Pitch Anything - by Oren Klaff

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