Glyman: Expanding small product teams into 30-person consensus groups kills velocity
Eric Glyman · AI at Ramp: Making Every Team Radically More Productive | Eric Glyman, CEO, Ramp · Aug 1, 2024 · at 41:09
Eric Glyman is the CEO and co-founder of Ramp. He explains why growing product teams and forcing wide consensus damages startup execution speed.
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“I think one of the worst things you can do to people building products is go from, hey, it's you and four people trying to decide what a well-run product is, a great experience could look like, ah, to go do a good job, and you say, great, now get 30 other people to agree with you.”
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