Between Two COO's with Michael Koenig Part 1: Grafana Labs COO, Doug Hanna On Building a $3B Company with Open Source, Scaling Culture and Going From 70 to 500 People
Jan 4, 2022
Doug Hanna, COO at Grafana Labs and former VP of Operations at Zendesk, discusses his journey in scaling companies during hyper-growth phases. He shares insights on rapidly growing Grafana Labs from 70 to 500 employees in just 18 months, emphasizing the importance of hiring for cultural fit and adaptability. Doug highlights the challenges of maintaining community and connection in a distributed workforce, and the balance between asynchronous and live communication for effective team dynamics, especially in the open-source environment.
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