[01:09] Alex’s background
[02:42] What Alex does in his role as VP of Growth at Puppet
[03:57] Lessons Alex has learned through his former positions that have influenced what he does at Puppet today
[06:03] Focus on product market fit before instrumenting telemetry and funnels
[07:00] How to know when you’ve over indexed and need to course correct
[08:23] Time with customers is important in the early stages
[13:22] Pros and cons to being somewhere small and being somewhere larger
[16:44] Why it’s important to know what you want and why
[19:00] How Alex unwinds
[01:21] Rich’s background
[03:35] Lessons and strategies
[05:34] Approaching conversations and measuring success
[08:54] Grain
[11:44] Testing and hiring
[12:46] Interesting and new things that Rich wants to tinker with
[16:53] Know your fundamentals
[21:21] Rich’s influential people
Jeff Wiss
Rich’s brothers
