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SaaStr 217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr 217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

FromThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors


SaaStr 217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

FromThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. Missed the session? Here’s what Claire talks about: How to avoid trapdoor decisions when scaling Lessons for scaling high-growth organizations If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin SaaStr
Released:
Mar 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Official Saastr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of Saastr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. On the side of the operators, we centre around getting from $0 to $100m ARR faster, what it takes to scale successfully and what are the core elements of hiring. As for the investors, we learn what metrics they hone in on when examining SaaS business, what type of metrics excites them and what they look for in SaaS founders.