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The Unicorn Founder Who Delegated Everything.
- ▶ 1:15 Jonathan Swanson Origin story here is, out of school, I worked at the White House, and, uh, I sat, I sat in the West Wing next to the president's executive assistants, and as you might imagine, the EAs in the West Wing were really freaking good, and it set… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:27 Jonathan Swanson Um, and so, I start with basic stuff, inbox, calendar, stuff that everyone does, but then I just start experimenting, and so, you know, during the scale-up days of Thumbtack, when we're in a house, working all the time, I told Marnie, my…
- ▶ 9:14 Jonathan Swanson Um, you know, at Thumbtack during hyperscale times, I would walk between meetings, and between a meeting, I would be voice noting to an assistant.
- ▶ 13:51 Erik Torenberg And, you know, you dealt with this thumbtack too a little bit in terms of just workforces in different areas and how you think about culture between them and, um, yeah, kind of what are the, the challenges or what's really important to get…
- ▶ 26:12 Erik Torenberg Most important ways to, to get right, whether it's your time at Thumbtack.
- ▶ 32:13 Erik Torenberg Like, what's information that's helpful, maybe going back to Thumbtack days, what's helpful for the, the company to, uh, employees to know, or like, what, what are principles, like, that guide, you know, how much you share? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:38 Erik Torenberg Um, at Thumbtack, you were a non-CEO co-founder and you lasted, you know, a decade or almost a decade, and you're still on the board, of course. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 52:16 Jonathan Swanson I think one of the clear lessons from Thumbtack, which is now scaled and, uh, and done so well, was that, like, there was lots of near misses where we almost died, times where we thought it wasn't gonna work, 2 times in the scene