Speaker & Moderator
Summer Poletti is a Chief Sales Strategist, panel moderator, workshop facilitator, and host of Revenue Remix. She brings the perspective of someone who has sat in every seat: marketing, sales, partnerships, customer success, and leadership. Inside growth-stage companies. She moderates panels and delivers talks that leave rooms with something they can use on Monday morning, not just something to think about.
The Talks
Why Sales Hires Fail and How to Stack the Odds in Your Favor
What to Do Before and After You Hire Sales and Why it Matters $150K is the floor. $500K is the real cost when a sales hire doesn't stick — and for founder-led or founder-dependent orgs, it usually isn't the person's fault. This session isn't about hiring better. It's about what has to be true before you hire at all — whether it's your first sales hire, your second through fourth as you scale a small team, or a re-hire after the last one didn't work out. The strategy almost never lives anywhere but the founder's head. You can't onboard someone into a system that doesn't exist. That's not a people problem — it's a sequencing problem, and there's a right order to solving it before the search even starts.
Available in three formats: * 15-minute TED-style * 60-minute presentation * 3-hour interactive workshop
Growing Revenue Without Adding Headcount
Most growth-stage companies aren't struggling because they lack ambition. They're scaling their problems. More people, more tools, and more AI on top of broken systems doesn't produce profit — it produces a more expensive version of the same problem. This talk covers the five most common profitability gaps — follow-up, sales process, marketing alignment, customer success, and partnerships — and shows leaders how to identify which one to fix first.
Available in three formats: * 15-minute TED-style * 60-minute presentation * 3-hour interactive workshop
The Panels
Panel Participation and Moderating
Summer designs and moderates panels that actually go somewhere. She researches every panelist, builds questions that create tension and insight rather than talking points, and keeps the conversation moving without losing the thread. The result is a room that leaves energized rather than lectured. Recent moderation includes the WomenxAI panel at TechCon SoCal 2026 at San Diego State University.
The Credentials
Speaker, Panel Moderator, WomenxAI at TechCon SoCal 2026
"Rethinking Growth, Talent, and Discovery in the Age of AI"
San Diego State University, May 2026
Press Credential, TechCon SoCal 2026
Revenue Remix
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Speaker and Workshop Leader, San Diego Startup Week 2026
Speaker, AI Builders Global Conference 2026
Get on Board Week 2026, Speaker and Panel Moderator
San Francisco Tech Week 2026, Speaker and event Co-host
Feedspot Top Revenue Podcast 2025 & 2026
Revenue Remix
The Testimonials
Kim, Co-Founder PreFlight AI
She held the room with the kind of presence that makes you forget there's a moderator in the room at all. She kept the energy moving, created space for every voice at the table, and made what could have been a stiff panel feel like a real conversation.
Jenny, Co-Founder Woman x AI
Summer brought great energy to the discussion while making every panelist feel comfortable, supported, and heard. Her thoughtful questions, strong stage presence, and ability to keep the conversation flowing made the session impactful.