EP 80: Jack Altman (CEO, Lattice) on Founding Lattice ($3B), Motivating Employees and Growing up with Sam
The Logan Bartlett Show
Investors and board members transitioning to new firms
Exploring the positive outcomes of investors and board members leaving their firms to join other companies, with specific examples and a focus on new partnerships formed.
Jack Altman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lattice, a $3 billion HR software company. In the episode, we delve into culture and performance management, hiring best practices, and the journey that led to both Jack and Sam Altman becoming thoughtful entrepreneurial leaders.
Jack also shares insights on maximizing employee performance, fostering work-life balance for himself and his team at Lattice, and the importance of separating "fundraising mode" from other business activities for founders. Overall, a thought-provoking discussion that offers valuable perspectives on leadership and business growth.
(0:00) Intro
(0:39) Doing venture capital and launching a podcast
(6:30) How does culture get created within a company?
(10:14) Is a company more of a sports team or a family?
(11:42) No 100 hour work weeks
(16:13) Employee retention
(24:19) What you want to know when hiring
(30:06) Advantages startups have over big companies
(37:20) What should all founders know about letting people go?
(45:55) Finding product market fit
(54:22) Building relationships with VCs
(1:01:00) Hating software acquisitions
(1:07:46) Sam Altman, brother of the HR software guy
(1:09:43) Thoughts on AI and its future
(1:13:08) Saying the same thing over and over again in leadership
(1:20:06) Thoughts on San Francisco
(1:21:31) Logan Bartlett: VC, podcaster, meme king
(1:25:49) What are you investing in now?
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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Executive Producer: Rashad Assir
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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.
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