One point we’ve made to ask many of our guests is how to make instrumental hires for crucial leadership roles.
In last week’s episode of Execs, CFO Adam Ferris shared his thoughts on hiring for finance execs.
Be sure to check out his episode, or others, for tips on making vital leadership hires
#tech #startups #finance #hiring
“CEOs are making too many decisions.”
Anne Dwane is a prolific investor and operator. Before her current role as cofounder and partner of Village Global, she was Chief Business Officer at Chegg and a cofounder of Military.com among many other experiences.
In this episode, we discussed how to do annual planning, how to do comp models, why the role of a CBO is an allocative role, and much more.
#tech #startups #leadership #ceo
Twitter put their Germany office in Angela Merkel’s building 😂
Katie was formerly VP of International at Twitter. She shared her experience building in multiple markets during Twitter’s early expansion days.
#twitter #germany #japan #tech #startups
Often times, startups’ general counsel is the same person that they hired for initial legal battles.
When you’re innovating in a new space, you have to accept that there is likely not a legal expert in your niche yet. But the litigators you hire as you disrupt an industry may quickly become those experts. Just something to think about as you consider outside counsel!
Michal Cieplinski offers further guidance around making legal hires, the role of the chief business officer, and much more in his episode of Execs.
#tech #startups #legal #pipe
Fall in love with a problem, not a solution.
After helping to make Tinder into the behemoth that it is today, Ravi Mehta turned his attention to coaching.
He brought many of the same frameworks he uses in his everyday coaching conversations to EXECS. Listen now wherever you get your pods.
#startups #pivot #tech #growth #product
The word “vulnerability” gets tossed around a lot these days. Make sure you’re utilizing it as a strength for your business.
This is just one of the many lessons that Jared shared on his episode. If you’re going on a road trip this weekend, we recommend this episode from January for some tactical learning while you cruise.
#startups #tech #vulnerability #leadership
If you spread yourself too thin, you’ll flounder in mediocrity.
The former COO of Scribd was our very first guest on the show. His episode remains one of our longest and richest to date.
#tech #startups #leadership #focus
When you add partners, be specific about what that partnership means!
Cristina Cordova has built partnership machines at Stripe and Notion. She joined the show to share all kinds of pro tips.
#tech #startups #partnerships #marketing
What if presidential administration used OKRs?
Katie Stanton (a former Twitter VP) underscores why tech execs should consider a role in public service.
She also shares playbooks for understanding market development and creating content flywheels.
#tech #startup #obama #okr
10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day.
Is health tech poised to take off like e-commerce has? Roundtrip Health CEO Mark Switaj joined The Deep End to share how his company is driving better health by eliminating transportation as a barrier to care.
He also underscored how data insights are health tech’s secret weapon in their growing industry
#tech #startup #healthcare #medicare
Don’t underestimate the power of long term planning.
Tinder’s former Chief Product Officer Ravi Mehta details how Disney has grown for decades on the back of a single product vision sketched in 1957.
#disney #startup #product #technology
They’re commonly called “the PayPal mafia,” but author Jimmy Soni contends that they’re more accurately a diaspora.
That’s because the early team at PayPal two decades ago has now spread throughout tech to affect and lead dozens of industries. But despite their shared success, not everybody gets along.
Check out a Deep End episode from February where Jimmy takes us behind the scenes of the founding story of one of the most influential companies of our generation.
#tech #startups #paypal #elonmusk
