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Clay co-founder on finding PMF, 10x hyper-growth, commitment in life + career, & more

Click here to watch a video of this episode. In this episode of the Operators Only podcast, we sat down with Varun Anand, co-founder and head of ops at Clay, to discuss: His unconventional journey from political campaigns to tech startups The story of how he joined Clay, from advisor to co-founder Building and scaling Clay's unique go-to-market strategy Creating tight feedback loops in product development and team structure Clay's approach to hiring and building a culture of creativity and focus...

Sep 15, 2024•50 min

VP of Finance @ Spellbook on succeeding as the first startup finance hire

Click here to watch a video of this episode. We talked to Aman Samra about his career as a finance operator at venture-backed startups. He's now been the first finance hire / leader at 4 different companies and learned a lot in the process. We discussed: The journey from traditional accounting to startup finance Being a 4x first finance hire in startups What CEOs look for in their first finance hire The evolving structure of finance teams in startups When to bring finance in-house vs. using frac...

Sep 05, 2024•46 min

Why you should hire overseas talent with Somewhere.com COO Benjamin Surman

Click here to watch a video of this episode. Rameel and I chatted with our friend Benjamin Surman about hiring overseas talent. Ben's the COO at Somewhere.com, one of the leaders in the new wave of overseas talent firms that have popped up in the last few years. We went deep on: His journey from consultant to head of growth to COO The evolution of Somewhere.com, its recent rebranding, and acquisition under Nick Huber. The growing trend of international hiring and building a global workforce How ...

Sep 05, 2024•41 min

Lessons from inside Ramp, Instacart & Remote with Sophia Deng

This episode is special for me. My friend Sophia Deng has had a hell of a run as a startup operator at several of the most iconic tech companies of the last decade. But what I especially love about her is how thoughtful, opinionated, and raw she is about all the things she's learned. She's inspiring and her takes will challenge your thinking. We covered a bunch of stuff in this episode including: Why Sophia chose investment banking before pivoting to tech Moving to SF with nothing lined up and f...

Aug 30, 2024•2 hr 35 min

Joining Beehiiv as employee #7 and getting promoted to COO

Welcome to the first episode of the operators only podcast. We sat down with Preeya Goenka the COO of Beehive to talk about: Her journey from finance to tech startups. What it's like on the inside of one of the fastest-growing software companies in tech Working with founder / CEOs Joining as employee #7 (Chief of Staff / the first non-technical hire) Becoming COO Lessons learned from acqui-hiring other startups into Beehiiv Scaling an ads network and more For real-time updates on beehiiv and to ...

Aug 30, 2024•46 min