The Value of a Beginner's Mindset – Inside the Ohana Ep. 13

On this episode, Jim shares lessons learned from his biggest projects as marketing leader at Salesforce, and how his beginner's mind helped him succeed.

Emma Calderon

November 10, 2022

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Meet Jim Sinai, CMO at Vanilla and former marketing leader at Salesforce. During his 8 years at Salesforce, Jim worked on various businesses including Salesforce Einstein, Salesforce Platform, AppExchange, Data.com, and Salesforce Industries. In this episode, Jim shares the lessons he’s learned from his biggest projects at Salesforce and how keeping a beginner’s mindset has helped him succeed.

If you’re not rooted in the concept of a beginner’s mind, your projects will fail.”

–Jim Sinai, CMO, Vanilla

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