Amy Young is VP of Operations at Bravado, a community platform for sales professionals. She was one of Bravado's first 10 employees. Prior to Bravado, Amy was Head of Finance at Clara Lending. In this episode, Amy discusses her perspective on how to avoid burnout along with her experiences as an early employee at Bravado. She also shares her perspective on effective management and how to develop the soft skills necessary to become an effective leader. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for startup executives.

Fernanda Belo is Global Director Workplace Systems and Standards at Riot Games. Prior to Riot Games, she was Head of Workplace Strategy and Insights at Vergesense, a workplace analytics and spatial intelligence platform. In this episode, Fernanda discusses her perspective on the shift from in-person to remote work along with her opinions on how startups can most effectively invest in employee growth. She also shares advice on how young professionals should think about the decision between working at a startup vs. a big company. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Jake Makler is VP of Strategy at Quantum Metric. Quantum Metric is a product design platform that helps organizations build better products faster. Prior to Quantum Metric, Jake built the sales engineering function at Heap. In this episode, Jake discusses the most common strategy mistakes that startups make along with how strategy orgs commonly function at startups and large companies. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Archana Kannan is Head of Product, Money Movements and Payouts at Stripe. Prior to Stripe, Archana was Director of Product Management at Google. She spent 14 years at Google in a variety of roles in engineering and product. In this episode, Archana discusses her journey from engineer to product leader along with her perspective on the best way to handle layoffs. She also shares her perspective on the differences between 0 to 1 startup-oriented work and mature product work. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Diwakar Magadi is VP of Product Management at Embroker. Embroker is a digitally-native business insurance company. Prior to Embroker, Diwakar was VP of Product Management at Prudential Financial. In this episode, Diwakar gives his perspective on how to communicate and build relationships with other cross-functional leaders along with his opinion on the differences between big tech companies and startups. He also shares advice on how technical leaders can thrive at marketing and sales-driven organizations. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Sean Twersky is Head of Operations and Finance at Highlight. Highlight is an in-home product testing platform company. Prior to Highlight, Sean was VP of Operations at Sprig, a product development lifecycle research company. In this episode, Sean gives his perspective on effective employee onboarding at startups along with his opinion on the best ways to hire and create alignment at startups. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Karim Fanous is SVP of Engineering at strongDM. StrongDM is a web-based platform that automates the manual tasks involved in creating credentials, cleansing data, and auditing access. Prior to strongDM, Karim was Chief Technology Officer at Kheiron Medical, an AI-powered healthcare software company. In this episode, Karim discusses how he approaches developing cross-functional relationships with other leaders along with lessons he learned from his years at Microsoft. He also gives his perspective on how he manages the budgeting and headcount allocation process at his company. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Brittany Sudlow is Senior Product Marketing Team Lead at Atlassian. Atlassian provides collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. Prior to Atlassian, Brittany was a product manager at Jumpshot, a digital intelligence company. In this episode, Brittany shares how she gives feedback to her team and how she approaches 1:1s with her direct reports. She also walks us through how she and her company approach interviewing candidates. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Drew Brucker is VP of Growth at LASSO. LASSO provides workforce management software for the live events industry. Prior to LASSO, Drew was a marketing director at Fullsteam, a leading payments and technology company. In this episode, Drew shares how he approaches goal setting as a team leader along with how he thinks about managing great and poor performers. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.

Jennifer Liu is SVP of Product, General Manager at Lattice. Lattice is a people success platform that empowers leaders to build engaged, high-performing teams that inspire winning cultures. Prior to Lattice, Jenn worked at Google for 17 years in a variety of roles. In this episode, Jenn shares the most important lessons she learned at Google along with how she approaches implementing Lattice's culture and operating principles with her team. This episode is presented by Execore, the premier network for emerging startup executives.