Ted Glasnow

Our process, for example, is very resource light, we can put assets anywhere in the world, it can be close to the end source of demand or production. We're less reliant on a lot of the upstream inputs or agricultural processes, and that probably extends to a lot of these fermentation technologies.

The most effective sales compensation plan at Flexport includes team based quota for managers (including the manager’s output), with no penalty for individual contributors underperforming. Additionally, managers were imcemtivized to drive long-term value by getting equity grants if they ramp new reps faster than average

our game is to be the connective tissue and the one API for the ecommerce ecosystem

Dozens of aspects of your business influence your price, and how effectively it converts customers:1) The segment and vertical you are targeting: You can go upmarket to customers who have higher willingness to pay, shift to a vertical that sees more value in your offering, or even change the ideal customer profile entirely.2 ) Your product,... See more

‍Positioning defines how your product is a leader at delivering something that a well-defined set of customers cares a lot about.

You need to be able to draw insight and to structure that information such that people can then act on it. What is doing that? Today, transformation tools like dbt are doing that, if you take the lens of the data team really owning everything end-to-end, but I think also applications that are able to plug into the data warehouse, consume this raw... See more

Consumer marketing is way harder

After interviewing a ton of founders that have either been remote-first from the beginning or are shifting to remote-first, I found that one of the most important things is this default to async work, where documentation is just so critical. Everything needs to be well documented, shareable and discoverable within your team.