🌀 The Landa Loop: Efficiency, Growth Strategies, Overcoming Self-Doubt and more.
Actionable insights from top operators in tech.
Happy Sunday!
From the front lines of business, here are some top operator insights to chew on and explore over the weekend.
Lean, efficient teams: Some learnings from bootstrapping.
“Extending the runway is top of mind for every founder in our current environment. Most teams are undergoing layoffs, cutting expenses, and slowing hiring. I bootstrapped my previous startup, Emptor, and had to learn to deploy and allocate capital efficiently to survive and grow. As a CEO, you wear many hats, but one of the most important ones is making sure your company can continue to operate, which means having enough money in the bank to keep the lights on…”
How Clara Gold helped an early-stage company to achieve its growth needs.
The company was in its early growth stage and needed an experienced operator in growth, marketing, product development, and team building.
Clara explained that growth is a combination of traffic and conversion, as well as marketing and product development.
Next, she created a one-pager outlining areas in the product that needed improvement in terms of conversion, she asked for their main product data and reviewed their team.
Based on this, Clara provided a team structure and helped with the hiring process, developed a growth plan, assessed the team, and executed it with them.
How to Overcome ‘Impostor Syndrome’
A wave of self-doubt that can affect independent advisors during negotiations, and the importance of recognizing its underlying complexities.
“It’s that nagging feeling that you’re not good enough, that you don’t belong, that you don’t deserve the job, the promotion, the book deal, the seat at the table….It persists through college and graduate school and into the working world”
“But there are ways to overcome feeling like an impostor — beginning by recognizing that it’s more than just a feeling.”
Oriana Fuentes: Cohort 1
Primary skillset: Finance
Years of experience: 11
Key Companies: Emptor, JP Morgan, Orange Value Fund.
Expert in finance who specializes in building B2B companies, developing growth strategies, talent development, fundraising, and company scaling. She has built her career in trading and banking at companies such as JPMorgan. She is a co-founder of Emptor and is currently working on her second startup.
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Have a great rest of your weekend!