Leadership
The Second-in-Command relationship, executive partnership, building company culture, and leading operations teams.
Leadership
31 min read
Rick Marini on the Day-One Speech That Turned Grindr Around
Jul 21, 2026
AI
43 min read
Wade Foster, Zapier CEO, on Why AI Is a People Problem, Not a Tech Problem
Jul 15, 2026
AI
23 min read
Zulema Quintans, COO of Noda, on Why Your OKRs Don't Get Done
Jul 2, 2026
Product Management
28 min read
Peter Rojas, New Products at Mozilla, on Why Ideas Don't Decide Success
Jun 16, 2026
COO Role
7 min read
Allie Fleder on the COO Role at an Early-Stage Startup
Mar 11, 2026
Fundraising
46 min read
Brad Feld on Emotional Operating Systems and Giving First
Jan 20, 2026
AI in Operations
49 min read
Harris Clarke, GuideCX COO on Building Trust and Systems
Nov 13, 2025
AI in Operations
35 min read
Doug Hanna, Kustomer COO on Agentic AI and Modern Ops Teams
Jun 4, 2025
AI in Operations
37 min read
Brad Rosen, Sales Assembly President on RevOps and Growth
Apr 29, 2025
AI in Operations
36 min read
Aydin Mirzaee, Fellow CEO on Pivoting Meetings to AI
Apr 15, 2025
Leadership
32 min read
Stacey Ryan, School of Rock COO on Crisis Leadership
Apr 23, 2024
AI in Operations
36 min read
Cameron Herold of COO Alliance on Second in Command
Feb 13, 2024
Fundraising
42 min read
Tao of GetYourGuide on Building a $2B Travel Giant
Jan 9, 2024
AI in Operations
32 min read
Munish Gandhi, Productiv COO on AI for SaaS Cost Cuts
Aug 1, 2023
Second In Command
40 min read
Allen Narcisse, Gigs CEO on Labor Markets and AI Jobs
Jul 18, 2023
Hiring & Teams
41 min read
Stephan Jacob, Cotopaxi COO on $100M Brand Building
May 2, 2023
Hiring & Teams
45 min read
Woody Hartman, Lime COO on Micromobility and Scaling Lyft
Apr 10, 2023
Hiring & Teams
44 min read
Holger Seim, Blinkist CEO on 21M Users and the 4-Day Workweek
Jan 16, 2023
AI in Operations
40 min read
Cameron Herold on Founding the COO Alliance and Antarctica
Oct 27, 2022
Hiring & Teams
44 min read
Cathy Hawley on Building Great Company Culture
Oct 18, 2022
Second In Command
35 min read
Jenny Lawton on the Makerbot $400M Exit and Techstars Ops
Jun 14, 2022
Hiring & Teams
50 min read
Jonathan Stull on Building a $3.5B Marketplace at Handshake
Jun 1, 2022
Hiring & Teams
25 min read
Cyrus Mistry, GoGuardian COO on Google to Startup Jump
May 2, 2022
AI in Operations
42 min read
Art Harding, People.ai COO on Operating Leadership
Apr 11, 2022