Smash Notes
Does Submittable CEO Michael FitzGerald Think Startups Get Easier?
at 42:09
Answer
Kirill Zubovsky asks whether the work never gets easier and only changes shape. FitzGerald agrees. He keeps thinking Submittable is about to get easier, and it does for a while, until the next problem shows up. That year they hired their first vice president of sales, Brady Meltzer, from Oracle, where Meltzer had carried about a 4 million dollar quota. Meltzer put some rigor into a team of about 30 salespeople. FitzGerald was also bringing in a Missoula-raised executive from a large brand, still unnamed because she had not left that job. Adding ten people, he says, does not make a company ten times faster. It can make it slower. Getting sick after the Series A made the same point.
Where this answer comes from
- Show
- Geek at Sea
- Episode
- Submittable CEO talks startups, life, cancer and living in Missoula, Montana.
- People
- Michael FitzGerald, Kirill Zubovsky
- Moment
- Date
People
On this episode
- Who Is Submittable CEO Michael FitzGerald? Transcript
- Where Did Michael FitzGerald Get His Start in Software Transcript
- How Expensive Was San Francisco During the First Dot-Com Transcript
- Do Startups Now Look Like the First Dot-com Crash? Transcript
- How Did Michael FitzGerald End Up in Missoula Transcript
- How Did Clutchmasters Make Money From Free Clutches? Transcript
- Which Other Montana Entrepreneurs Does Michael FitzGerald Name? Transcript
- How Entrepreneurial Is Montana Transcript
- What Are the Advantages of Running a Company From Missoula, MT Transcript
- What Did Ghost-writing Teach Michael Transcript
- What Does It Take to Publish a Novel Transcript
- Does Being the CEO Change Your Life Transcript
- Is It a Good Idea to Start a Company When You Have Young Kids at Home Transcript
- Why Did Paul Graham Try to Stop Submittable? Transcript
- Does Submittable CEO Michael FitzGerald Think Startups Get Easier? Transcript
- What Are Some Challenges With Growing Employee Count Transcript
- What's the Story About Michael FitzGerald Getting Sick With Cancer Transcript
- Why Is Metastasized Cancer So Dangerous Transcript
- How Did Michael FitzGerald Tell True Ventures He Was Dying? Transcript
- What Role Did Y Combinator Play in Curing Michael From Cancer Transcript
- How Much Does It Cost to Cure Cancer Transcript
- How Much Should a CEO Get Paid Transcript
- Do Thoughts and Prayers Cure Cancer Transcript
- How Can You Help Someone Who Has Cancer Transcript
- What Is the Hardest Part About Getting Cancer Transcript
- What Should People Do With Their Life Transcript
More answers like this
- Why Did Paul Graham Try to Stop Submittable?
- What Are Some Challenges With Growing Employee Count
- Is It a Good Idea to Start a Company When You Have Young Kids at Home
- What's the Story About Michael FitzGerald Getting Sick With Cancer
- What Is One of the Big Challenges With Startups
- How Did Chris Degnan Leave Factory for Cognition?
More with Michael FitzGerald
- Is Submittable Trying to Be a Remote-first Company
- What Are Some Activities Available in Missoula, MT
- Why Do We Need Privacy Laws Around Medical Data
- Where Can Patients Find Hospitals That Offer HAI Pump Surgery?
- What Is the Hard Part About Building a Business in Cancer Support What Do People Go Through When They Get Cancer
- What Key Breakthrough Helped Submittable Hire Senior People to Work in Missoula, Montana
More with Kirill Zubovsky
- How Big Can Smash Notes Get
- Why Are All Smash Notes Questions
- When Is the Best Time to Make Smash Notes
- How Do You Build YouTube for Audio Snippets
- What Is Smash Notes
- What's It Like to Be Married to Your Co-founder
Related episodes
- @DHH on startups and parenting in the new age
- Anthony Eden, Founder and CEO of DNSimple
- Aviel Ginzburg. Startup founder turned VC and a dad.
- Before and After of having a baby - Anthony Armendariz - Partner and Head of Design at Funsize
- Bryce Roberts. How Indie.vc is change the startup funding landscape for the better!
- Caspar Babypants. Raising kids and finding yourself.
- Drew Wilson. In an RV around the world. 🚍🌎
- Geoff Ralston on the future of education and technology.