Girish Mathrubootham
24 statements across 2 episodes · 9 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 19, 2024 by Girish Mathrubootham · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Apr 19, 2024 negative
Mathrubootham: No enterprise software company has successfully transitioned down to SMB
“Oh, start high and go down never, never works. In the history of software, you can tell me which company has succeeded in starting at enterprise and actually winning in SMB. It's not happened. But if you look at many companies, including Salesforce and Freshwo…”
Apr 19, 2024
CEOs must stay closely involved during a new executive's initial onboarding
“One of the most important lessons I learned, which every CEO should do is while you can be hands off the initial period of letting the leader transition and settle in, you have to be closely involved in all the big decisions. You have to be watchful of how the…”
Apr 19, 2024
Skipping reference checks on investor-referred executives was a costly mistake
“Number one, I did not do ref ref checks on candidates who actually came through like investor referrals. So Costly mistake. I should have talked to people who reported into those leaders and got a style of their management style.”
Apr 19, 2024
Mathrubootham: My main leadership weakness is not holding people accountable
“My biggest weakness is probably I don't hold people accountable. I like to inspire. I like to tell people what needs to be done, but I expect them to do it. I'm not the kind of person who will like hold the whip and like ask for status updates and make sure ev…”
Apr 19, 2024 bullish
Apr 19, 2024
Mathrubootham: Executive philosophies are portable between companies, but playbooks are not
“When you're changing jobs, philosophies are portable, playbooks are not. So, so basically you can bring your philosophies and values, but you cannot take, bring your playbook and use it as a template to run in the new company.”
Apr 19, 2024 positive
Freshworks acquired 100 customers in 100 days before raising external capital
“May we launched our beta version with 500 people trying our product. By August we had, like, 70 customers. So we had, A hundred customers in hundred days, 200 customers in 200 days. Even while we were like, we have not yet raised funds.”
Apr 19, 2024 positive
Apr 19, 2024 neutral
Apr 19, 2024
New startup executives must solve immediate problems before teaching strategy
“As a new leader, when you come with all your experience in a fast growing startup, you have to understand that there are already hundreds of cows that are falling into ditches. So if you want to be successful at Freshworks, you have to ask the question, which …”
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
Mathrubootham: Indian talent dynamics lead CS engineers into non-technical roles
“In the context in India, you have to understand this. Everybody finishes computer science engineering and then figures out what they want to do in life, right? So, so I have folks working in sales and pre-sales and marketing who are all computer science engine…”
Apr 19, 2024 negative
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Apr 20, 2024 positive
Apr 20, 2024 negative
Hiring senior executives based on prestigious resumes failed at Freshworks
“मैंने वास्तव में कुछ मौकों पर resume से खुद को बहेकने दिया, जैसे अरे वे एक बड़ी company के लिए काम करते हैं, एक अच्छे college गए थे, वो बहुत smart हो सकते हैं, और मेरी company के लिए अच्छा काम कर सकते हैं, लेकिन मेरा अंदाजा गलत था, उन्हें basic knowledge भी नह…”
Apr 20, 2024 positive
Apr 20, 2024 positive
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Apr 20, 2024 bullish
Apr 20, 2024