Økonomi & Business
Jean-Denis Greze is Chief Technology Officer at Plaid where oversees global product business units across North America and Europe. Prior to joining Plaid, Jean-Denis was Director of Engineering at Dropbox. Jean-Denis is also a prolific angel investor with a portfolio including the likes of Nex Health, Merge.dev and Rupa Health to name a few. In Today's Episode with Jean-Denis Greze We Discuss: 1. The Journey to One of the Most Powerful CTOs: • How JD made his way into the world of tech with his first role at Dropbox? • How does JD analyse a Linkedin CV today? What are the signals of outperformers? • What does JD know now that he wishes he had known when he started in tech? 2. Hiring the Best: 101: • What are JD's single biggest lessons on hiring the best talent? • What have been some of JD's biggest hiring mistakes? • Why does JD believe founders need to be as good at firing as they are hiring? • Does JD believe people can scale with the scaling of a company? If they do not scale, do you layer them or do you let them go? • How does JD determine whether to bring in an external candidate vs promote someone from within? 3. Product Differentiation is not Sustainable: • Why does JD believe that product differentiation is not sustainable? Why is UX as a moat BS? • How does this lead JD to suggest Salesforce is a short in the public markets? • Why does JD believe that Snowflake is also a short? • What does Snowflake teach us about the different stages of product market fit? • What are the biggest mistakes founders make when analyzing product market fit? 4. Remote Work, Titles and Entitlement: • Why does JD believe most tech employees treat their employer in the same way French citizens treat the French government? • How does JD analyse the impact of remote work on both productivity and culture? • Why does JD believe titles are BS in the beginning but matter with scale? • Why does JD believe that you should not hire for the long term?
Release date
Lydbog: 21. juli 2023
Økonomi & Business
Jean-Denis Greze is Chief Technology Officer at Plaid where oversees global product business units across North America and Europe. Prior to joining Plaid, Jean-Denis was Director of Engineering at Dropbox. Jean-Denis is also a prolific angel investor with a portfolio including the likes of Nex Health, Merge.dev and Rupa Health to name a few. In Today's Episode with Jean-Denis Greze We Discuss: 1. The Journey to One of the Most Powerful CTOs: • How JD made his way into the world of tech with his first role at Dropbox? • How does JD analyse a Linkedin CV today? What are the signals of outperformers? • What does JD know now that he wishes he had known when he started in tech? 2. Hiring the Best: 101: • What are JD's single biggest lessons on hiring the best talent? • What have been some of JD's biggest hiring mistakes? • Why does JD believe founders need to be as good at firing as they are hiring? • Does JD believe people can scale with the scaling of a company? If they do not scale, do you layer them or do you let them go? • How does JD determine whether to bring in an external candidate vs promote someone from within? 3. Product Differentiation is not Sustainable: • Why does JD believe that product differentiation is not sustainable? Why is UX as a moat BS? • How does this lead JD to suggest Salesforce is a short in the public markets? • Why does JD believe that Snowflake is also a short? • What does Snowflake teach us about the different stages of product market fit? • What are the biggest mistakes founders make when analyzing product market fit? 4. Remote Work, Titles and Entitlement: • Why does JD believe most tech employees treat their employer in the same way French citizens treat the French government? • How does JD analyse the impact of remote work on both productivity and culture? • Why does JD believe titles are BS in the beginning but matter with scale? • Why does JD believe that you should not hire for the long term?
Release date
Lydbog: 21. juli 2023
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