Chandra Narayanan is one of the growth and analytics OGs having spent 7 years at Facebook leading analytics for the Facebook App and for Instagram. After Facebook, Chandra became Chief Data Scientist @ Sequoia Capital, helping Sequoia, find, select and help the best entrepreneurs in the world. Today, Chandra is the Founder & CEO @ Sundial, building products to help builders make meaningful use of data to fulfill *their* mission. In Today's Episode with Chandra Narayanan 1. From Working on the Weather to Leading Analytics at Facebook: • How did Chandra make his way from analyzing weather patterns to leading analytics for Facebook? • What does Chandra know now that he wishes he had known when he started his career in growth? • How did one piece of advice from his manager at Paypal change Chandra's mind forever on "quitting" and when to "quit"? 2. Growth and Analytics 101: • What does growth mean to Chandra? What is it? What is it not? • When is the right time to hire a growth team/person? • What is the right profile for the first growth hires? 3. How to Hire the Best Growth Teams in the World: • What are the must-ask questions when hiring for growth? • How does Chandra use case studies to determine the quality of a candidate? • What does Chandra believe are the four main reasons people go to work? • What are the three different types of execs in tech? How do you know when you need each one? 4. Lessons from Leading Analytics at Facebook and Sequoia: • What are 1-2 of Chandra's biggest takeaways from leading analytics at Facebook? • What does Chandra believe are the two core skills needed to do analytics well? • How can you easily test if someone is good at analytics? • How did being Chief Data Scientist @ Sequoia change Chandra's perspective on growth?

Release date

Lydbog: 13. marts 2024