How Communication Leads to Hypergrowth with Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer, Asana, and Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO, Postman

Episode notes

Key Takeaways The best companies prioritize using the best software tools. Create communication flows that build your company’s culture and community. Having an advanced tech stack signals to your employees and potential hires that you are both forward-thinking and open to new ideas. Key Quotes “If you're going to adopt something horizontally, look for something where the internal champions are from a broad set of different teams that have to work cross-functionally by nature.” - Alex “Every company is becoming a technology company and, in fact, is going to become a software company, and developers are at the center of it.” - Abhinav "The intangibles really matter. They set up cultural norms where people feel like they can be productive and they feel like they're in a supportive atmosphere.

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