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EP 84: Dev Ittycheria’s (CEO, MongoDB) Leadership Lessons From Scaling MongoDB to $25B
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Dev Ittycheria is the president and CEO of MongoDB, his third public company as CEO. In this episode, Dev discusses his take on AI, the importance of hiring, how to build an A-plus culture, and many other leadership lessons from scaling MongoDB to $25B. Overall, a really fun conversation with one of the absolute best operators in tech. (0:00) Intro (0:38) Taking the CEO job at MongoDB (2:34) First things Dev changed at MongoDB (5:53) When unicorns were actually rare (7:50) Overcoming Monetization Challenges of Open Source (9:54) MongoDB Atlas and the license change? (19:18) What is the job of the CEO? (22:49) Vulnerability is a strength (27:03) The power of self-awareness as a Leader…