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Fushman: Slack will become workplace productivity's primary operating system
“Slack is one of the fastest growing companies, I think, that's been around, and it's poised to transform how people work and communicate, and build a true operating system and platform for productivity going forward.”
Fushman: Dropbox conducted a major reorganization every six months while scaling
“And so, yeah, I think every six months we did a pretty significant reorg.”
Fushman: VCs giving operational advice must avoid being prescriptive
“It's dangerous to be prescriptive.”
Fushman: 70% of Dropbox users were located outside North America
“Dropbox had 70% of its users outside of North America, and the biggest chunk of those were in Europe”
Fushman: 30% to 40% of SaaS company revenue comes from Europe
“If you look at most SaaS companies, and really, I think, most companies that generate revenue, 30 to 40% of their revenue will come from Europe”
Fushman: Venture capital is like a swim team, not a soccer team
“But it's a sometimes lonely job. It's like being on a swim team and not a soccer team.”
Fushman: Scaling requires turning implicit leader knowledge into documented processes
“As you scale, you need to start investing a lot more in communication and transferring the knowledge that's in your heads and verbalizing it and putting it in some kind of processes for everybody else.”