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Fireside Chat with Graham Neray - Shared screen with speaker view
Josh Young
06:52
Atlanta
Anna Koenig
07:00
SF
Katie Murphy
07:00
columbus, Ohio
Anish
07:01
Denver
Sara Zabukovec
07:03
Melbourne, Australia
Brandon Lewis
07:06
SF
Nika Shclover
07:07
Chicago
Clara Ma
07:09
NYC!
Chase
07:09
Nashville
Jordan Mitchell
07:11
SF
Dan Shpilsky
07:15
NYC!
Jacob Stein
07:20
NYC
Doug Bernard
07:21
Cambridge
Katie Murphy
12:21
CEO
Doug Bernard
12:28
cofounder / head of product
Sara Zabukovec
12:37
CoS at larger/public co
Josh Young
12:49
Founder or public office
Chase
12:52
COO @ smaller org (>50m ARR)
Clara Ma
13:04
CoS at a Series A company
Chase
13:07
We’re at 400 rn
Brandon Lewis
13:12
Biz ops at Series A
Jacob Stein
13:17
Founder
Chase
13:18
For perspective 400 ARR
Chase
32:13
For Q&A if appropriate: How often do you suggest CoS’s having direct reports (e.g. biz ops, program mgmt, other CoS’s, GMs,..?). Pros/cons?
Wendy Tsu
32:37
Yes please add questions in here! We will move to Q&A in the next few minutes!
Anna Koenig
33:11
What was a project that you managed at mongo that had the most lasting impact?
Anish
34:45
As you work on building sales infrastructure, what are some recurring challenges and how are you coping?
Katie Murphy
35:20
when did you decide to make the jump to founder?
Sara Zabukovec
37:05
How did you manage the politics that can arise as an organisation scales and seasoned functional heads join the team?
Katie Murphy
37:11
part 2, what made you feel like you finally had what it took to make the jump.
Chase
37:28
At what point in the CEO journey / company growth does recruiting fall down the priority list?
Jordan Mitchell
38:56
How did your management strategy change when the pandemic hit?
Audrey Nuk
39:19
As a CoS I have staff and need to recruit more. How much thought do you put in advance (types of roles, number of people, etc) of your recruitment strategies? Any specific advice?
Dan Shpilsky
42:36
As someone without an engineering background, how did you come up to speed on the infrastructure tech industry? Any advice for those interested in highly technical fields with similar backgrounds?
Chase
01:01:24
Thank you both for your time. Great info
Josh Young
01:02:22
^second that! You two were awesome, and I enjoyed this a ton!
Brandon Lewis
01:02:45
Thank you both!
Sara Zabukovec
01:04:54
Thanks Wendy & Graham!
Heather Saldinger
01:05:03
This was great! Thanks so much
Anna Koenig
01:05:05
Thanks, with conviction
Anish
01:05:08
thank you both!! awesome session
Katie Murphy
01:05:08
thank you!
Dan Shpilsky
01:05:10
Thank you!
Jordan Mitchell
01:05:28
Appreciate your time thanks!