Just Getting Started

Just Getting Started

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Just Getting Started episodes

  • Operational Excellence - Honing a Numbers-driven Operating Approach

    Today's Operational Excellence episode features Mike Bignold, the Founder and CEO of CostCertified.

     

    In this conversation he sits down with FUSE GP Brendan Wales to share about how he leverages a numbers-driven approach to operating, and how it's helped CostCertified to grow by more than 10x in the last two years. 

     

    Let's get started! 

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    22 min
  • Operational Excellence - Operating Tactics to 10x Revenue in 2 years

    In this episode we sit down with Leif Magnuson, Co-Founder and CEO of TipHaus .


    In this conversation he is joined by FUSE GP Brendan Wales to discuss some of his creative tactics for operating leanly and efficiently -- and how it's helped TipHaus 10x its revenue in two years.


    Let's get started!



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    15 min
  • Operational Excellence - Building and running world-class boards

    Today's Operational Excellence episode features FUSE Operating Partner John Connors. John has been a partner at Ignition (FUSE’s Alma Matter) since 2005 and also served as CFO and CIO of Microsoft. Throughout his career he has served on many public, private, non-profit and civic boards, some notably including Nike and Splunk.

     

    In this conversations he sits down with FUSE GP Cameron Borumand to share about how to build and run world class boards. John has seen it all when it comes to boards and offers some sage advice about what to do and what NOT to do - especially in the wake of some recent notable public company board failures.

     

    It's going to be a great discussion. Let's get started! 

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    42 min
  • Operational Excellence - Hiring and fostering world-class teams: How to look for and maintain top talent (including AI talent) and best practices for structuring performance reviews

    Today's Operational Excellence episode features Paul Mikesell, the current Founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. Prior to Carbon, Paul co-founded Isilon Systems, which went public in 2006 and was subsequently acquired by EMC for $2.25 billion in 2010. Paul also served as Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Uber, where he grew the team and opened the company’s engineering office in Seattle.


    Paul knows what it takes to build consequential businesses.

     

    In this conversation he sits down with FUSE GP Cameron Borumand to share about how to effectively hire, motivate and lead teams. He will also walk through his employee scoring system that is a great method for driving clear performance conversations.

     

    Let's get started! 

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    24 min
  • Introducing Benji Barash, Co-Founder and CEO of Roboto

    Today you’ll hear from Benji Barash, Co-founder and CEO of Roboto. Join us to learn about Benji’s experience helping run the drone program at Amazon – and how it paved the way for starting Roboto. This business is transforming the way engineers can access and analyze multimodal hardware and sensor data.


    Let's get started!

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    13 min
  • Operational Excellence - Delivering a world-class sales motion and driving top performance

    This month's Operational Excellence webinar features FUSE LP and Attentive VP of Sales, Gavin Hewitt.


    In this discussion, Gavin and FUSE's Brendan Wales discuss sales best practices. Topics include: how to best serve big and small ACVs, how to build comp and capacity models for SDRs/AEs, how to drive top rep performance, and more.


    With Gavin's experience leading teams + selling a diversified set of products and services his guidance is timely and relevant.


    Let's get started!

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    43 min
  • Introducing Leif Magnuson, Co-Founder and CEO of TipHaus
    Today I am sitting down with Leif Magnuson, Co-founder and CEO of TipHaus. Tune in as Leif shares about his journey in the restaurant industry and some key insights into the ever increasing importance of proper tip management strategies. He’ll also share why major restaurant brands are turning to TipHaus to improve employee retention and satisfaction. Let's get started!

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    15 min
  • Operational Excellence - Starting and Scaling Three Venture-backed Startups before Thirty
    Today FUSE GP Brendan Wales sits down with Ryan Fink, Co-founder and CEO of Digs. Ryan has started 3 companies before the age of 35. He scaled his first two to successful exits – and has a big vision for company number 3: Digs. In today’s conversation he shares key insights from his journey about how to grow and lead teams effectively – and what it takes to build great businesses.

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    23 min
  • Introducing Vikram Chalana, Co-founder and CEO of Pictory

    Today you'll hear from Vikram Chalana, Co-founder and CEO of Pictory. Join us as we discuss the making of the product, the generative AI landscape, and why Pictory can turn anyone into a video editing pro in minutes.


    Let's get started!

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    11 min

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FUSE is an early-stage venture firm based in the Pacific Northwest, and just like the founders in our portfolio - we are just getting started. We believe that founders deserve more: more urgency,…