Chris Macaulay on how the Lean Startup Failed him, the pain of multiple pivots and the art of Enterprise Sales.

The Push

English - November 24, 2016 10:20 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB
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This episode features Chris Macaulay, CEO of Advvy and Organiser of Silicon Beach Brisbane.In this episode we talk about many challenging topics including how the Lean Startup Approach to growing a Startup failed Chris and his team and what it's like to have to pivot multiple times after months of development to achieve product-market fit.Chris talks about other tough times including how he had to make good employees redundant and the 9 month challenge of finding a CTO (Chief Technical Officer).Chris' approach is quite candid and easy to listen to, he was very generous with his insights and gives us a real look under the hood of what it's like to run a high growth tech startup. Enjoy!