Sid Sijbrandij

13 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2019 by Sid Sijbrandij · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Jul 19, 2019
Disclosure
Sijbrandij: Competitors try to front-run GitLab releases using its public roadmap
“Sometimes our competitors know that we're going to release something and they try to kind of front run us by day or so.”
Sid Sijbrandij Jul 19, 2019 ▶ 10:22 20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale
Jul 19, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
GitLab Scaled Remote Team to Over 762 People Across 55 Countries
“Sid has scaled the team to over 762 team members across 55 countries, a fully remote team”
Harry Stebbings Jul 19, 2019 ▶ 0:43 20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale
Jul 19, 2019 positive
Insight
Sijbrandij: Public Roadmaps Net Positive Because Building Customer Needs Trumps Secrecy
“But all in all, it's been a very positive thing for us because the most important thing about your roadmap is not that it's a secret, but that it's correct that you're making the stuff that customers want.”
Sid Sijbrandij Jul 19, 2019 ▶ 10:37 20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale
Jul 19, 2019 positive
Insight
Sijbrandij: Companies suffer more from internal strategy secrecy than competitor awareness
“Yeah, I think a lot of companies are kind of hesitant to articulate and disseminate their strategy to make it public or to even share it within the company. And there's benefits from your competitors not knowing your strategy, but I've seen a lot more companie…”
Sid Sijbrandij Jul 19, 2019 ▶ 17:32 20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale
Mar 20, 2022
Insight
Sid Sijbrandij: Leaders should separate feedback reception from feedback evaluation
“Feedback doesn't have to be correct in order for you to welcome it. Like it, there's two phases. There's just being thankful that someone's giving feedback and then you decide what to what to accept.”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 14:38 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022
Assertion Contradicted
Sid Sijbrandij: Less than 10% of workers return when offices reopen
“When companies open back their offices, less than 10% of the people go back. They are longing for that informal communication.”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 6:25 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sid Sijbrandij: Top remote talent at hybrid companies will leave for all-remote
“The hybrid that doesn't work is some people are at the office and some people are remote. We think the most talented people in those companies that work remote will leave for a company that's all remote because they want to be on the same level as everybody el…”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 7:54 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Sid Sijbrandij: CEO shadows attend 80% of my meetings and rate me
“I have CEO shadows who attend like 80% of my meetings and they rate me for every single meeting and I see those ratings.”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 39:51 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022 negative
Prediction Held up
Sid Sijbrandij: Returning completely to in-office work is a pipe dream
“Also, I think it's a pipe dream that we're going to go back to completely being in the office. Some people are going to be remote. So focus more time on making that work.”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 6:11 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022
Insight
Sid Sijbrandij: Laziness is often a symptom of perfectionism, not underperformance
“I think laziness is almost a shortcut. That's too easy. Like what's going on in their life. And that might not be an excuse to do it, but. I think most of the times when I'm lazy, it's because I have two of a high bar for the output and the end result, and I p…”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 18:29 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022
Insight
Sid Sijbrandij: Time zones are the biggest obstacle to remote work
“The hardest thing about remote is time zones, and to overcome time zones, you need to work asynchronously, but that's very, very hard.”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 8:33 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022 positive
Insight
Sid Sijbrandij: Remote work scales better as a company grows larger
“In fact, remote works better the bigger you are. Like, if you're seven people, it's probably better to be in a room together, if that's practical. If you're 1500 people, what's the advantage? You can't be in the same room anymore. You can hardly be in the same…”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 3:10 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2022
Disclosure
Sid Sijbrandij tested Series B investors with mock board strategy discussions
“And what I did, for example, in our B round, I kind of had Calling it a mock board meeting is too far, but I went through our strategy and kind of waited for them to kind of wait it. We discussed and asked them to add value and then what you get back, how that…”
Sid Sijbrandij Mar 20, 2022 ▶ 35:26 Sid Sijbrandij: How I Founded GitLab; Remote Work vs In-Person; CEO Coaches | 20VC · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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