As a leader, building a team culture is one of the easiest tasks out there…in fact, it happens whether you do anything or not.  By contrast, building a culture that helps your team to flourish and succeed is one of the most difficult tasks you'll face.  

 Our guest today, the very successful Gauri Manglik, has a unique perspective on building culture.  Not only does she lead a fast growing startup she cofounded, Instrumentl, but she also interacts with over 2000 nonprofits that her company serves.  In this conversation, she shares what she's learned from these experiences, including the importance of:

• Focusing on strengths
• Hiring the right people
• Operating from an abundance mindset instead of a scarcity mindset
• Providing development opportunities
• Concentrating your efforts so that you can demonstrate your success to potential funders
• Listening to those you serve to ensure your solutions are meeting a real need

About Gauri:
Gauri has dedicated her career to building intuitive and delightful user experiences. Seeing the opportunity to force multiply the nonprofit sector's ability to create impact through software led her to her work at Instrumentl. As CEO and a co-founder, she has led Instrumentl to serve over 2,000 nonprofits today, making it a favorite tool among grant seekers for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place.

Before Instrumentl, Gauri was CEO and co-founder of Fondu, an online community for sharing bite-sized restaurant reviews. After Fondu was acquired by Airbnb, Gauri led their mobile and special projects teams.

Links Shared:

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Gauri's LinkedIn

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