The Mission of a Start-Up

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i remember being stood at the back of the room thinking, all these people don't realize that they're about to make a lot of money from this acquisition. And i knew i wanted to help enrich the lives of an entirely new set of people and do this once more. People are terrible advocating for themselves when it comes to their own packages and what they offer. So my goal is when i put a con package in front of someone that is exceeds everything they would expect, and it delights them. Every moment of the hom proce should be delightful. Great people need a mission. They need to know they're waking up every morning with purpose. But when iti's all said and

On this episode of Developing Leadership, Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale and previously VP of Engineering at GitHub, joins us to talk about building high-performance teams. We chatted about leading with influence, advocating for your team, creating delightful hiring experiences, knowing when to fire people and how to keep your software engineers close to your end-users to build great products.

One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is that you have to start with yourself if you want to build a high-performance team. So if you're looking for pointers on how to be a better leader for your team and for your company, this episode is for you!

Learn more about some of the topics discussed on this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep9

Developing Leadership is a podcast presented by Athenian. We are introducing the world of engineering to metrics and data that improve processes and help teams. If you want to learn more about data-enabled engineering, go to athenian.co