Speed Above All Else - Outlier’s Path
This past week, Pat Grady hosted an invite-only event to meet Frank Slootman, an iconic CEO, who led Data Domain, ServiceNow, and Snowflake to massive success. Founder Tanay Tandon returned from this trip and sent the following email to his board and his employees. Thank you Tanay for being this week’s guest post. — Commure Board – This week I had the chance to visit Frank Slootman (many thanks to Pat and Alfred from Sequoia for having me there). Slootman is a historic CEO, and one of my personal inspirations – it was an incredible experience. I sent a note to our team following the visit weaving in some of Slootman’s thoughts, and our own core value of speed. Sharing below for the board and our investors. === Commure’s most important value (and the most often challenged) is “Speed Above All Else”. Velocity and Speed were core values at Slootman’s companies as well. Multiple times a week I’ll get the question / challenge – “if we are in healthcare, how can our value be speed”. Or “you
Speed Above All Else July 14, 2024 This past week, Pat Grady hosted an invite-only event to meet Frank Slootman , an iconic CEO, who led Data Domain, ServiceNow, and Snowflake to massive success. Founder Tanay Tandon returned from this trip and sent the following email to his board and his employees. Thank you Tanay for being this week’s guest post. — Commure Board – This week I had the chance to visit Frank Slootman (many thanks to Pat and Alfred from Sequoia for having me there). Slootman is a historic CEO, and one of my personal inspirations – it was an incredible ex
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