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EP 75: Wade Foster (Co-founder and CEO, Zapier) on Nearly Bootstrapping to $5B

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Wade Foster is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier, an automation business most recently valued at $5 billion.

In the episode, Wade discusses why Zapier only raised around $1M and unpacks Zapier’s strategies for growing profitably. Wade shares lessons from building one of the first remote-only companies in tech, including key tips for hiring, onboarding, building a great management team, and much more.

Wade is definitely a first principles thinker around all things business. One of the most raw and engaging episodes to date.

(0:00) Intro

(0:50) What does Zapier do?

(4:06) $1.3 million to $5 billion

(12:27) Lessons learned from starting Zapier

(17:23) Zapier's ecosystem and partners

(23:24) What made Zapier outperform competitors?

(28:31) Three friends from Missouri

(32:35) Was it obvious who the successes were going to be?

(40:36) Foundation of the board

(45:18) The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work

(50:45) Building trust among a remote employee base

(53:47) Importance of onboarding experience

(1:00:57) The future of remote work

(1:06:06) Advice for new founders

(1:08:50) Wade's interview style

(1:15:30) Setting goals as a company

(1:18:30) Are CEO coaches just snake oil?

(1:23:44) SEO Landing Pages

(1:27:47) What has you excited about artificial intelligence?

(1:33:29) Relationship with Sam Altman

(1:39:45) What would you tell 23-year-old Wade?

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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About the Show

Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

Executive Producer: Rashad Assir

Producer: Leah Clapper

Mixing and editing: Sam Dewees and JR Bohannon

Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839

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About the Show

Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

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Indhold leveret af Redpoint Ventures and By Redpoint Ventures. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Redpoint Ventures and By Redpoint Ventures eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.

Wade Foster is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier, an automation business most recently valued at $5 billion.

In the episode, Wade discusses why Zapier only raised around $1M and unpacks Zapier’s strategies for growing profitably. Wade shares lessons from building one of the first remote-only companies in tech, including key tips for hiring, onboarding, building a great management team, and much more.

Wade is definitely a first principles thinker around all things business. One of the most raw and engaging episodes to date.

(0:00) Intro

(0:50) What does Zapier do?

(4:06) $1.3 million to $5 billion

(12:27) Lessons learned from starting Zapier

(17:23) Zapier's ecosystem and partners

(23:24) What made Zapier outperform competitors?

(28:31) Three friends from Missouri

(32:35) Was it obvious who the successes were going to be?

(40:36) Foundation of the board

(45:18) The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work

(50:45) Building trust among a remote employee base

(53:47) Importance of onboarding experience

(1:00:57) The future of remote work

(1:06:06) Advice for new founders

(1:08:50) Wade's interview style

(1:15:30) Setting goals as a company

(1:18:30) Are CEO coaches just snake oil?

(1:23:44) SEO Landing Pages

(1:27:47) What has you excited about artificial intelligence?

(1:33:29) Relationship with Sam Altman

(1:39:45) What would you tell 23-year-old Wade?

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

🎙 Listen to the show

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg

🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1

Follow on Socials

📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow

🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow

About the Show

Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

Executive Producer: Rashad Assir

Producer: Leah Clapper

Mixing and editing: Sam Dewees and JR Bohannon

Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA

🎙 Listen to the show

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg

🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1

Follow on Socials

📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow

🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow

About the Show

Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

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