Building the Machine

A show about people building the "machine" inside organizations to help grow their businesses. Whether a founder solving a need, an operator focusing on the fundamentals of a company, or employees scaling product, design, engineering, and other machines - we interview great people on their journeys and lessons learned.

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Episodes

Building The Machine Episode 5 Dan Kimerling - Deciens Capital

Full episode notes and transcript here: https://www.ericgfriedman.com/2021/08/18/building-the-machine-podcast-episode-5-dan-kimerling-deciens-capital/

Aug 18, 2021•47 min•Ep. 5

Building The Machine Podcast Episode 3 - Evan Walden, CEO of Monday.vc

Evan Walden, CEO of Monday.vc Deep dive into where the business started Where they ended up, powering the job boards and growing revenue from VC firms

Mar 10, 2020•35 min•Ep. 3

Building The Machine Podcast Episode 2 - Alex MacCaw, CEO of Clearbit

Show notes for Alex MacCaw & Eric Friedman interview diving deep into Clearbit and how he is Building The Machine. How the leadership and 1:1s run via Notion Origin of the company and how the team was formed - now at 100 (SF + distributed across US) Understanding the leadership team + structure + going remote so early What tools, services, and software stack are used inside Clearbit? Diving deep into Asana , Slack , Zoom , and Notion amongst others. How do they choose tools that multiple peo...

Feb 25, 2020•54 min•Ep. 2

Building the Machine Episode 1 - Nick Patrick, CEO of Radar.io

Feb 11, 2020•36 min•Ep. 1

Building The Machine Episode 0 - welcome to the show

Thanks for joining this journey, I am excited to welcome you to a series of interviews with real operators standing up key pillars within organizations. Sometimes its hearing directly from the founder, other times its the unsung heroes within a startup building the machine that makes the flywheel spin. I am embarking on interviewing folks behind the scenes, who don't usually crave the spotlight, to hear how its done, whats working, and what is not.

Jan 29, 2020•1 min

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