In this episode  Maciej speaks with Cory Hutchison. Cory is a seasoned manager in software development, having experience both in startups and big companies. Cory was an employee number 2 at  US-based unicorn startup company OneTrust and currently, he is VP of Engineering at another unicorn startup Booksy.

In the interview, Maciej and Cory discuss:

The correlation between a vision of product owners and engineering teams (2:00)

The challenges of an  IT executive in a fast-growing company  (3:00)

Startup as a mentality  (7:00)

The unicorn startup One Trust and its  stages of growth (11:00)

The challenges of  B2C business (23:00)

The most challenging stage regarding hiring and managing people at a fast-growing company (24:45)

Three best and three worst practices in growing a startup (28:40)

US vs European start-up culture in practice  (34:00)

The role of managers in turquoise  organisations  (44:00)

Did Agile overpromise?   (49:00)

Working with distributed teams   (54:00)

Links:

Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/

Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/711831436 

Cory Hutchison on Linkedin

Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin