Ep. 464 - aiOla COO, Alon Peleg

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron is joined by Alon Peleg, a seasoned Israeli leader and COO of aiOla, a cutting-edge conversational AI lab.

During the conversation, Cameron and Alon explore the strategic decisions behind building a high-performance company culture and scaling effectively within a competitive industry. Alon shares insights on creating an environment that empowers employees to thrive while aligning with a larger vision, emphasizing the importance of hiring the right talent, especially in leadership and technical roles.

You'll gain insights into navigating the complex and often lengthy process of selling to large enterprises. Alon highlights the key tactics for successfully penetrating these organizations, including understanding internal processes, building strong relationships, and focusing on continuous engagement. Hear about the importance of establishing champions within the customer base, ensuring that product evaluations are not taken lightly, and handling the delicate balance of pushing for growth while staying true to the company's focus.

This episode offers advice about being bold, embracing risks, and continuously challenging oneself in both career and life, adding a final layer of inspiration to the broader themes of growth, resilience, and the pursuit of new horizons.

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In This Episode You'll Learn:

Why the voice will be the main user interface in the future, as well as aiOla's ability to provide accurate and quick conversational capabilities.
How aiOla's digital forms can replace paper-based processes, capturing data more efficiently and accurately.
The value of understanding the customer's processes and the need for a champion within the customer organization to facilitate adoption.
Alon's experience in hiring a new management team, including a CTO and a director of marketing, to scale the company.
And much more...

Resources:

Connect with Alon: Website | LinkedIn

Connect with Cameron: Website | LinkedIn

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Cameron Harold, the host of the Second Command podcast. Before we dive in, there's something you need to know.
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0:39.0	You can even book a free call with our team to ask questions. Now let's jump into this
0:43.1	week's episode. For me, personally, and I'm probably the more, the older guy in the startup,
0:50.8	for me, titles are less important.
0:55.0	It's more of which behavior I want to encourage in the team and how creative you are and how
1:08.0	you succeed to impact the most critical activities in the company.
1:20.2	Welcome to the Second and Command podcast, produced by the C-O Alliance and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold. In the second
1:29.5	in command podcast, we talk to top COOs who share the insights, strategies, and tactics that made
1:36.1	them the chief behind the chief. And now, here's your host, Cameron Harold.
1:44.9	All right, our guest today is Alon Pelleg, and Alon is an amazing leader from Israel.
1:50.4	He's a proven leader with over 20 years' experience growing companies and leading teams in fast-moving technology markets.
1:57.3	He really knows how to scale companies.
1:59.0	He knows how to build strong teams, and he leads big changes that stick, whether it's
2:03.6	startups or Fortune 500 giants that he's worked with.
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