Mike Hudack

Invest in people who you believe in. Don't mistake good managers or ICs at a large company for people who are going to do well going from zero to one in a startup. Think about what that means. What is the single worst product you've been a part of making?

Invest in people who you believe in. Don't mistake good managers or ICs at a large company for people who are going to do well going from zero to one in a startup. Think about what that means. What is the single worst product you've been a part of making?

i worked on building a multi-tiered filtering encrypted proxy basically like tor the onion router when i was a kid at a startup what advice would you give to pms today who want to get promoted don't worry about getting promoted figure out what the company most needs and go do it ideally if it's something that nobody else wants to do and the promotion will find you when is the right time to hire a cpo

i worked on building a multi-tiered filtering encrypted proxy basically like tor the onion router when i was a kid at a startup what advice would you give to pms today who want to get promoted don't worry about getting promoted figure out what the company most needs and go do it ideally if it's something that nobody else wants to do and the promotion will find you when is the right time to hire a cpo

i worked on building a multi-tiered filtering encrypted proxy basically like tor the onion router when i was a kid at a startup what advice would you give to pms today who want to get promoted don't worry about getting promoted figure out what the company most needs and go do it ideally if it's something that nobody else wants to do and the promotion will find you when is the right time to hire a cpo

It really depends on the founder, but probably very, very late. I wouldn't do it too soon. I think that the best CEOs are very product minded and should stay involved in product for as long as possible.

It really depends on the founder, but probably very, very late. I wouldn't do it too soon. I think that the best CEOs are very product minded and should stay involved in product for as long as possible.

It really depends on the founder, but probably very, very late. I wouldn't do it too soon. I think that the best CEOs are very product minded and should stay involved in product for as long as possible.

This comes back to founder mode a little bit. I think that people often when their company starts growing, start thinking that they are out of their depths as a founder and that they don't understand what is needed from the product organization. They don't understand what's needed from the finance organization.

This comes back to founder mode a little bit. I think that people often when their company starts growing, start thinking that they are out of their depths as a founder and that they don't understand what is needed from the product organization. They don't understand what's needed from the finance organization.

This comes back to founder mode a little bit. I think that people often when their company starts growing, start thinking that they are out of their depths as a founder and that they don't understand what is needed from the product organization. They don't understand what's needed from the finance organization.

And they kind of go against their gut because somebody is telling them, oh, well, this person is great. They did a great job at this company or whatever. I think you really have to believe your gut, partially because you're probably correct, at least about your company. Like, you know, a director or a VP from Google is not necessarily going to do well at your, like, 100-person company.

And they kind of go against their gut because somebody is telling them, oh, well, this person is great. They did a great job at this company or whatever. I think you really have to believe your gut, partially because you're probably correct, at least about your company. Like, you know, a director or a VP from Google is not necessarily going to do well at your, like, 100-person company.

And they kind of go against their gut because somebody is telling them, oh, well, this person is great. They did a great job at this company or whatever. I think you really have to believe your gut, partially because you're probably correct, at least about your company. Like, you know, a director or a VP from Google is not necessarily going to do well at your, like, 100-person company.

But also because you need to trust the people in that role so much that if you have that kind of, like –

But also because you need to trust the people in that role so much that if you have that kind of, like –

But also because you need to trust the people in that role so much that if you have that kind of, like –

doubt at the time that you're hiring them about whether or not they're the right person you just shouldn't do it like that relationship is just so deeply important you have to listen to yourself on these things when there's doubt there's no doubt on people is that true or not true not always true i think that's an oversimplification i have worked with people that i have had doubt about who then have turned out to be phenomenal and it turns out maybe there was something going on in their personal life which was difficult and transient maybe they

doubt at the time that you're hiring them about whether or not they're the right person you just shouldn't do it like that relationship is just so deeply important you have to listen to yourself on these things when there's doubt there's no doubt on people is that true or not true not always true i think that's an oversimplification i have worked with people that i have had doubt about who then have turned out to be phenomenal and it turns out maybe there was something going on in their personal life which was difficult and transient maybe they

doubt at the time that you're hiring them about whether or not they're the right person you just shouldn't do it like that relationship is just so deeply important you have to listen to yourself on these things when there's doubt there's no doubt on people is that true or not true not always true i think that's an oversimplification i have worked with people that i have had doubt about who then have turned out to be phenomenal and it turns out maybe there was something going on in their personal life which was difficult and transient maybe they