What motivated you to become an entrepreneur?
I always knew I wanted to become an entrepreneur, but I always thought I wasn't ready. Then, while struggling with product management workflows in my first job as a PM, I became obsessed with product tooling. Initially I just built for myself. Then I learned many others had this problem, too. And only then my co-founders and I started thinking about how to make this product a real business.
What should leaders understand about their own role and responsibility?
They need a great deal of empathy and energy to drive everyone to not only get stuff done, but also get the right stuff done and solve the hard problems.
What's a skill that we should pay more attention to in the workplace?
Asynchronous work: most meetings don’t need to happy and you could use tools like Notion, Google Docs/Sheets, or airfocus for async work.
What was a pivotal moment where your business made a big leap forward?
When we rebuilt the entire platform in 2020 (took us a whole year) and became the only hyperflexible solution in the product management software category. This rebuild allowed us to satisfy the needs of larger product organizations.
What's a question you like asking — yourself or others?
Is there another way to solve this? So that it gets cheaper to build/complete or a better experience/product.
What shift in perspective has allowed you to see things differently?
You need to embrace remote work. There is no way you can fight it. Instead, use its advantages (like hiring amazing people from all around the work).
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What do you wish you had known 10 years ago?
I always thought that my life can be balanced between personal, business, health, family, finances and love. In that sense how much energy I put in and get back. But with the years, I learned that life is imbalanced by nature. It's still a goal for me and I believe if all parts are some kind of balanced, this speaks of a highly valuable life, but accepting that there will always be a certain imbalance, helped me a lot.
What's the biggest insight you learned in recent years?
It’s always a good idea to be connected to your product – even if you have to deal with high-level topics, always remember the things you offer.
What personal habit helped you accelerate your personal growth?
In one of the hardest times of my life so far, I started journaling for 1-2h on Sundays. Not digital, but with paper and pen. Always answering the same questions related to self, social life and work. This brutally honest and regular reflection once a week helped me identify problems early and iterate fast.
When times are tough, who or what is an anchor for you?
My co-founders are my anchor in work-related topics. Having an environment where failure is welcomed with a helping hand and where weakness is valued as openness, once you are down those people will drag you up.