Phil is currently VP of Product & Engineering at Close.com, building a product people love and growing our SaaS business to be something great. Previously he spent two years leading the Engineering team at Quizlet, building study tools that millions of students relied upon. Phil has also interned at Google and Yahoo! as a software engineer, and did lots of freelance website design while at the University of Florida.
Co-founder of Brainhub, Matt describes himself as a “serial entrepreneur”. Throughout his career, Matt has developed several startups in Germany, wearing many hats- from a marketer to an IT Engineer and customer support specialist. As a host of the Better Tech Leadership podcast, Matt talks about growing successful businesses and the challenges of being a startup founder and investor.
This episode features a conversation between Matt and Yenny Chung, exploring various aspects of leadership, team empathy, and continuous personal and professional growth. They discuss the intricacies of change management, particularly during turbulent times, and the necessity of clear communication and documentation to set a vision.
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In this episode, Juan Garberi shares his transition from a software developer to a managerial role in the tech industry. The conversation covers complexities in project management, understanding individual team members, and adapting to diverse skill sets while highlighting cultural differences and finding common ground within teams.
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In this episode, Leszek and Marc Furrer discuss collaborative environments over traditional hierarchical structures, Marc has researched companies practicing self-organization, particularly holacracy. Marc emphasizes the benefits of self-organization in fostering innovation and empowerment but also discusses challenges in making lifestyle changes and the role of coaching in personal and organizational transformation.
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Leszek Knoll delves into the practical and theoretical aspects of software development, interdepartmental communication complexities, customer feedback utilization, effective problem-solving, one-on-one alignment, and the value of documents for decision-making with Francisco Trindade, Director Of Engineering at Braze.
