Simmone Taitt

Simmone Taitt is a sales, innovation and growth strategy leader with experience in technology and startups. She has a knack for building businesses, creating blueprints for sustained revenue and building healthy sales organizations. After working in tech startups for 14 years for companies like Gilt Group, SpaFinder (SpaBooker) and Handwriting.io, Simmone launched, HeartSpace NY, a collaborative consulting agency focused on companies that are seeking to accelerate revenue, are dedicated to investing in sales training and committed to creating a healthy sales ecosystem. She also holds office hours for founders and executives who are seeking a strong sounding board to make impactful decisions in an intuitive way for their organizations. Simmone serves as an advisor for Grand Central Tech, Friends of eBay and NUMA helping early stage startups in their critical first days. She accepts speaking opportunities that allow her to evangelize the importance of building modern sales stacks for modern sales teams, putting people first and “chasing the challenge.” Simmone is deeply involved in the tech sales and marketing community having built her career on both coasts in NYC and San Francisco. Simmone is a proud graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, PA.

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