Startup Executives
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Official SaaStr Podcast 
Top Founders
4 statements about Startup Executives, every show
Lemkin: Fire Executives Who Demand Tripled Headcount to Double Revenue
“And you want them to double next year, and they need to triple their team, move on from that executive.”
Jim Yu: Early leaders who helped build a company often cannot scale with it
“The people that built the business with you, the leaders that sacrificed everything with you, in the trenches, building the company, sometimes they're not gonna get you to the next step. Oftentimes that happens at different points in scale, and it is one of th…”
Employees who excel at one startup phase may fail in the next
“Some people are good at different phases of the company. That, that's a reality we must deal with, and just because someone was a right member of the team last year, doesn't mean they're a right member of the team next year.”
Barrett: A predatory executive class exploits startups with false credentials
“There's a whole class of people out there preying upon startups that will just come in with amazing credentials and a willingness to obliterate whatever's in their way and because it's not their company in the first place.”