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"We realized even if we told everybody everything that we do, it would still be pretty hard to duplicate. So I don't lose too much sleep about it." @alliwebb@theDrybar#GrowCo18
What did @alliwebb look for when hiring a CEO? "We wanted to find somebody who had worked with founders before, and everything that goes along with that--not only founders, but family. And then somebody who shared the vision, didn't want to make big sweeping changes." #GrowCo18
"I felt very early on that I wanted to create my own product line. I felt like we're doing one thing, and I wanted to focus our product on that one thing." @alliwebb@theDrybar#GrowCo18
"A lot of people said it just didn't seem like a viable business, and I think that's where ignorance is bliss, a little bit. In my mind, I knew that there were enough women in my community that would love this concept." @alliwebb@theDrybar#GrowCo18
"I don't think that we knew at all that we were onto something so special in those early days. Like with so many businesses, personal necessity was the thing." @alliwebb@theDrybar#GrowCo18
"Don't hire/build a team based solely on problem they can solve today, but what they can help solve in future"- @iamcal, co-founder & CTO at @SlackHQ re: how critical it is to be discerning re: cofounders & defining values of inclusion #GrowCo18#smallbiz#followyournola#nolabiz
Slack founder @iamcal at #GrowCo18: "If you're not intentional about building your culture, the unintentional pieces of it will show up in your product and world."
"I want Slack to be a place where I enjoy working at a decade from now." - @iamcal, co-founder and CTO at @SlackHQ re: making company culture / values & how it shapes the way ppl interact with each other. #GrowCo18#smallbiz#followyournola#nolabiz#nolanow
"The real measure of innovation is changing human behavior. People are set in their ways in everything they do--if you can change the way people behave, you can make a real impact." @iamcal@slackHQ#GrowCo18