GitHub Operates Functionally While Notion Uses Pod and GM Structures
Erica Anderson · How to Build a World-Class Customer Success Org: Lessons from Notion's CRO and GitHub's VP of CS · Feb 5, 2025 · at 21:02
Erica Anderson (CRO of Notion) compares organizational design models across revenue and customer success functions at GitHub and Notion.
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“So, you know, for example, at GitHub, it was a functional structure. Yep. Still is. Still, it still is. Yes. At Notion for, in a pod structure and a GM structure, I think it's dependent on your, where you're at in terms of growth.”
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