Born from Necessity Windy wasn’t an idea on a whiteboard. It wasn’t the product of a brainstorming session. Windy was born from necessity. After decades of managing teams, we saw firsthand how management had become a never-ending list of administrative busywork—for both managers and employees. Instead of
This was a lot of fun. Jenny Hadlow and I have had the pleasure of working together for over a decade Yext. Watching her grow into an incredible executive and now running a $20B company in Checkout.com is one of the joys of my career. Hear from Jenny on
🚨New Pod Alert🚨 In this episode of One Size Fits None, I chat with Avi Goren , CEO & Co-Founder of Marqii, to dive into the real challenges of leadership, scaling a company, and navigating the ever-changing hospitality industry. With $20M raised and a team that has grown from 10 to
Most management advice sucks. My progression into management happened fast. At 22 I had a team of 4, by 23 I had a team of 70 and at my last company, Yext the team was north of 2,000. I devoured everything I could find on how to manage. Books,
This was post I sent to the Windmill team to close out 2024 Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has become one of the fastest-growing consumer products in history, sparking widespread adoption of chatbot technology. The impact on consumer behavior has been remarkable – millions of people now regularly turn
Today, I'm excited to announce Windmill, a company I co-founded with Brian Distelburger and Mark Tanner. After a year of work behind the scenes, we're finally ready to share our vision. Building a company has been my lifelong dream, and I can't wait to
Well…..I’m starting a new company! The last time I did this was a while ago starting Yext which worked out pretty well. It was a ton of fun, I got to work with incredible people and fulfill my lifelong dream of taking a company public. That said, it
I first pitched AI at WeWork in 2019, and I was blown away by the findings (turns out, people drink coffee in the morning). Every year someone retweets this coffee anecdote (I see you Austin Rief), but very few know why I was mentioned in a WeWork article about Masa