Masters of Scale

Take bigger risks, w/Shellye Archambeau

Mar 26, 2019

Shellye Archambeau, the former CEO of MetricStream and a tech turnaround expert, discusses the importance of taking risks for success. She vividly shares her journey from leading a struggling company to achieving significant growth through calculated decisions. Archambeau emphasizes that avoiding risk can lead to mediocrity. She explores strategic planning, leadership under pressure, and the influence of heritage on personal identity, offering valuable insights on resilience and innovation in the business world.

38:10

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Shellye Archambeau

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

The Thrill of Risk: A Poker Journey

7min

The Influence of Ancestral Legacy on Personal Identity

2min

The Path to CEO: Strategic Steps and Brave Choices

11min

Navigating Career Transitions and Culinary Dreams

4min

The Missed Partnership and the Dot-Com Dilemma

2min

Calculated Risks: A CEO's Journey

12min

Cultivating Employee Well-Being through Innovative Benefits

3min

If you try to avoid risk, you actually risk total failure. Or worse: mediocrity. Take it from Shellye Archambeau. She led the most stunning Silicon Valley turnaround you’ve never heard of. She took the role of CEO for a failing tech company, months from bankruptcy. Through a series of calculated risks, she led it through a complex merger, a head-spinning pivot, and grew it into MetricStream, which now boasts 1,200 employees and a valuation in the hundreds of millions. How? Clear goals and big risks — the same principles that have defined her career. With a cameo appearance by poker champion Liv Boeree.

Read a transcript of this interview at: https://mastersofscale.com/shellye-archambeau-take-bigger-risks/

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