The Company Road Podcast E7 Matt Doran - From Startup to Giant: Lessons in Growth from PaperCut's Co-Founder
“That's where small companies have a superpower. It's like when you've got a tight-knit group of people who really understand each other and understand what needs to be done, understand how everything works, you can move very fast.”
Matt Doran
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Growing Your Business: How Matt scaled PaperCut from a two-person startup of university friends to a global company with clients like Google
Planning Corporate Strategy: Anchoring the direction of a company & how to meaningfully plan ahead
Building Psychological Safety: Establishing an environment where team members feel comfortable taking interpersonal risks
Maintaining Small Business Cultures: Staying nimble, reactive and open in communication while growing in team size and expectation
Problem-Solving: Learning the art of solving problems & the mindset needed to be balanced, calm & quick in doing so
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About our guest
Matt Doran is the co-founder of PaperCut (https://papercut.com), a global leader in print management software. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and has offices in the US and the UK, employing over 250 people.
Matt pursued studies in computer science and electrical engineering and spent seven years in software consulting before teaming up with his co-founder, Chris Dance, to establish PaperCut in 2004. Through organic growth and without taking on external investors, they transformed PaperCut into the global market leader in the print management market.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hud..., is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux. He continues to teach with Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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