Paltrow: Goop reached 250 employees in Q4 of last year
Gwyneth Paltrow · Entrepreneurship as a second act (with Goop's Gwyneth Paltrow) | Masters of Scale · Oct 21, 2023 · at 35:45
Gwyneth Paltrow, founder and CEO of Goop, discusses organizational challenges and scaling culture as the company grew.
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“I had a really hard time at the end of last year in the fourth quarter because we got to 250 people and something happened, and it really struck me that it's accountability.”
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