BetterCloud
5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2016 by David Politis · said 23 times in 3 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2016 22 mentions in 2 episodes 11 per episode
- 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
- 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
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Dec 23, 2016 negative
Politis failed to articulate BetterCloud's 10-year vision in early fundraising
“I did not do a good job in any round. Really articulating the really, really big vision for BetterCloud. I kind of take this under-promise, over-deliver approach, and I'm just conservative in, in my approach in general, in planning and in, in everything. And s…”
Dec 23, 2016
BetterCloud requires leaders to share 360 feedback and weaknesses with team
“The key part of this is that the leader has to then take that feedback, good, bad, and ugly, and show it to their entire team. And with that feedback, they also have to tell them what they're going to do to work on their weaknesses.”
Dec 23, 2016
Startup culture breaks down at 80 employees without deliberate management
“When you get to 80, 90, a hundred people, that's at least where I've seen it, if you're not deliberate about it breaks down. It breaks down because there's just, especially if you think about how many people you've been hiring and how fast, usually at that poi…”
Dec 23, 2016
BetterCloud caused culture shock by introducing ten HR programs simultaneously
“We made a mistake in is we got so excited about being deliberate. We made 80 changes that, you know, I don't know, we made something like we put in 10 people programs at once over a period of a couple months, and it was shock. It just shocked everyone. It was …”