Building the Machine

Full episode notes and transcript here:https://www.ericgfriedman.com/2021/08/18/building-the-machine-podcast-episode-5-dan-kimerling-deciens-capital/

Evan Walden, CEO of Monday.vcDeep dive into where the business startedWhere they ended up, powering the job boards and growing revenue from VC firms 

Show notes for Alex MacCaw & Eric Friedman interview diving deep into Clearbit and how he is Building The Machine.How the leadership and 1:1s run via NotionOrigin of the company and how the team was formed - now at 100 (SF + distributed across US)Understanding the leadership team + structure + going remote so earlyWhat tools, services, and software stack are used inside Clearbit?Diving deep into Asana, Slack, Zoom, and Notion amongst others.How do they choose tools that multiple people use vs. personal tools?What the early days of 5 people vs. 100 people today what are the challenges of doubling in size of the team?Where do things breakdown with the team and at what size?The role of executive coaching with a founderWhen OKRs were implemented?How impeccable agreements work and how the WHO and WHEN of a professional contract works within Clearbit - this is a way to track accountability and negotiating deliverables and how they are tracked within the firm.How the internal "intranet" works and how things are organized.AORs vs OKRsTactical takeaways or almost any manager or IC 

Thanks for joining this journey, I am excited to welcome you to a series of interviews with real operators standing up key pillars within organizations. Sometimes its hearing directly from the founder, other times its the unsung heroes within a startup building the machine that makes the flywheel spin. I am embarking on interviewing folks behind the scenes, who don't usually crave the spotlight, to hear how its done, whats working, and what is not.