QGAAS: Queen’s Gambit As A Service
QGAAS: Queen’s Gambit As A Service
Podcast Description
Welcome to QGAAS: Queen’s Gambit As A Service — the ultimate podcast for entrepreneurs, sales leaders, and business operators who understand that business is chess, not checkers. Hosted by Jared LaVergne and the team, each episode teaches you how to control your board, maximize your pieces, and scale your business from opening move to checkmate — in less than 48 moves. We break down the critical phases of building and scaling a company and learning from Start up founders and experts in the industry (Marketing/Sales/Tech). Marketing (Opening the Board): How to drive awareness and engagement using your Pawns and Knights. Sales (Midgame Strategy): How to leverage Bishops, Rooks, and Queens to control the center of your industry. Technology & Ownership (Endgame Mastery): How to implement scalable tech, retain ownership, and Castle when the timing is right. Through battle-tested frameworks, real-world examples, and game-winning philosophies, QGAAS reveals the blueprint for growing, optimizing, and monetizing your business — faster, smarter, and stronger. Learn how to: Build top-of-mind brand awareness without wasting ad dollars Close bigger deals with sharper positioning and partnerships Protect your company’s future through strategic acquisition, capital raising, and spin-offs Whether you're an SMB owner, startup founder, or enterprise executive, QGAAS will teach you how to think like a Grandmaster — and play the business game to win. Strategy. Execution. Ownership. Welcome to the Queen’s Gambit for Business Development.
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The podcast focuses on critical phases of building and scaling a business, exploring themes such as marketing strategies, sales techniques, and technology implementation. Episodes cover topics like creating brand awareness through advertisement tactics using chess piece analogies and closing significant deals with positioning strategies.
Welcome to QGAAS: Queen’s Gambit As A Service — the ultimate podcast for entrepreneurs, sales leaders, and business operators who understand that business is chess, not checkers.
Hosted by Jared LaVergne and the team, each episode teaches you how to control your board, maximize your pieces, and scale your business from opening move to checkmate — in less than 48 moves.
We break down the critical phases of building and scaling a company and learning from Start up founders and experts in the industry (Marketing/Sales/Tech).
Marketing (Opening the Board): How to drive awareness and engagement using your Pawns and Knights.
Sales (Midgame Strategy): How to leverage Bishops, Rooks, and Queens to control the center of your industry.
Technology & Ownership (Endgame Mastery): How to implement scalable tech, retain ownership, and Castle when the timing is right.
Through battle-tested frameworks, real-world examples, and game-winning philosophies, QGAAS reveals the blueprint for growing, optimizing, and monetizing your business — faster, smarter, and stronger.
Learn how to:
Build top-of-mind brand awareness without wasting ad dollars
Close bigger deals with sharper positioning and partnerships
Protect your company’s future through strategic acquisition, capital raising, and spin-offs
Whether you’re an SMB owner, startup founder, or enterprise executive, QGAAS will teach you how to think like a Grandmaster — and play the business game to win.
Strategy. Execution. Ownership.
Welcome to the Queen’s Gambit for Business Development.
In this episode of ‘Queen’s Gambit As A Service’, Jared LaVergne talks about the strategic roles in business development, drawing comparisons with chess pieces. Focusing on the underestimated role of the pawn, LaVergne discusses how pawns, representing various advertising channels in the business context, generate awareness and engagement and accomplish conversion by scheduling appointments. The concept is exhibited through two examples—the King’s Pawn represented by Elon Musk’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast to promote Tesla models, and the Queen’s Pawn represented by LeBron James discussing Lakers on Steven A Smith’s podcast. According to LaVergne, the adaptability and long-term strategy in chess parallels the business world, underscoring the significance of every piece and its role.
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