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Rick Marini on the Day-One Speech That Turned Grindr Around
Rick Marini co-founded Tickle, ran BranchOut as CEO, and was COO of Grindr through its turnaround to a $2 billion NYSE debut. He explains why he wants the COO seat, how day-one trust reset a broken culture, and what repeats across every cycle: team, market size, and moats.
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Ken Weary, Hotjar COO on Remote-First Culture, M-and-A
Ken Weary, Hotjar COO, on running a fully remote 220-person company, seven years as a digital nomad COO, and going through M&A diligence on the buyer.
Mar 9, 2022
Steve Taylor on the Lyft Pink Mustaches and a $20B IPO
Steve Taylor, HipTrain COO and former Lyft exec, on Lyft's path to a $20B IPO, managing NYC and DC with a $500M P&L, and building an at-home fitness app.
Mar 3, 2022
Joe Meyer, ExecThread CEO on Landing Hidden Exec Roles
Joe Meyer, ExecThread CEO, on the hidden retained-search market, exiting HopStop to Apple and Quigo to AOL, and how to land your next executive role.
Feb 23, 2022
Nathaniel Manning, Kettle COO on Climate Risk Insurance
Nathaniel Manning, Kettle COO and former White House innovator, on balancing risk in a changing climate and structure without bureaucracy in insurance.
Feb 15, 2022
Dave Weiss, Hatch COO on Shark Tank and 2M IoT Devices
Dave Weiss, Hatch co-founder and COO, on selling 2M IoT devices, co-founding with his wife, and going from Shark Tank to VC fundraising in hardware.
Feb 8, 2022
Valerie Hoecke, DiaCo COO on Growth to Survival Mode
Valerie Hoecke, Dia&Co COO and former LVMH Chief Digital Officer, on how a $50B company preps you for anything and serving plus-size women at scale.
Feb 1, 2022
Catherine Stewart on Scaling Ops at Shippo and Automattic
Catherine Stewart, former Shippo COO and former Automattic CBO, on the craft of scaling operations and pivoting Automattic into e-commerce revenue.
Jan 19, 2022
Doug Hanna, Grafana Labs COO on GTM at $3B Scale (Pt 2)
Doug Hanna, Grafana Labs COO, on scaling the GTM machine of a $3B company. Sales orchestration, channel strategy, and pricing at scale. Part 2 of 2.
Jan 11, 2022
Doug Hanna, Grafana Labs COO on Open Source at $3B (Pt 1)
Doug Hanna, Grafana Labs COO, on building a $3B open-source company, scaling culture from 70 to 500 people, and engineering-led growth. Part 1 of 2.
Jan 4, 2022
Micah Rosenbloom on COO to VC at Founder Collective
Micah Rosenbloom, Founder Collective MD and former Brontes Technologies COO, on selling Brontes to 3M and backing Uber, ThredUp, Hotel Tonight, and Venmo.
Dec 20, 2021
Marie Prokopets, Nira COO on Pivoting Search to Security
Marie Prokopets, Nira co-founder and COO, on pivoting from search to security, context switching as an operator, and the $26B of M&A she ran at Diageo.
Dec 14, 2021
Justin Reilly, Tucows CPO on Product Design and Operations
Justin Reilly, Tucows Chief Product Officer, on how product design shapes operations, AI's fit in the stack, and Ting's customer care playbook.
Dec 6, 2021
Jim Stewart, True Ventures COO on Taking 4 Companies Public
Jim Stewart, True Ventures COO, on taking four companies public, the operations behind a VC firm, and the cost of accidentally violating export controls.
Nov 29, 2021
Allie Fleder, SimplyWise COO on Early-Stage COO Roles
Allie Fleder, SimplyWise co-founder and COO, on how the COO role changes across company life stages and maintaining clarity in the early days of a startup.
Nov 21, 2021
Rich Wallach, Deepak Chopra Global COO on Uncertainty
Rich Wallach, Chopra Global COO and CFO and former Credit Suisse Chief Operating Officer, on managing through uncertainty and remote operations at scale.
Nov 21, 2021
Introducing Between Two COOs
Between Two COOs is a podcast where current and former COOs share advice and the never-thought-I'd-see-that stories from inside high-growth companies.
Nov 18, 2021
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