The way to make things happen is network dependent, not necessarily about the merit of the thing itself. It's just like there's companies that exist because the founders know the CEO of every major pair in the country. The more crisp your use case is, the easier it is for you to know who the decision maker and the organization you need to get to.
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Ayo Omojola is Chief Product Officer at Carbon Health, one of the fastest-growing and most innovative health tech companies in the world. Previously, he was a PM leader at Cash App, where he co-created the Cash Card and scaled it to a nine-figure revenue line for Square. He’s also an angel investor in companies like Mercury, Modern Treasury, Faire, and many others. In this episode, we discuss:
• How Cash App broke through the noise and became a consumer app success story
• Why small teams are better than big ones
• Hard-won lessons on team building and hiring
• Why it’s “criminal” not to connect people in your network to things that they need