Building The Machine Podcast Episode 2 - Alex MacCaw, CEO of Clearbit

Show notes for Alex MacCaw & Eric Friedman interview diving deep into Clearbit and how he is Building The Machine.

How the leadership and 1:1s run via Notion

Origin of the company and how the team was formed - now at 100 (SF + distributed across US)

Understanding the leadership team + structure + going remote so early

What tools, services, and software stack are used inside Clearbit?

Diving deep into Asana, Slack, Zoom, and Notion amongst others.

How do they choose tools that multiple people use vs. personal tools?

What the early days of 5 people vs. 100 people today what are the challenges of doubling in size of the team?

Where do things breakdown with the team and at what size?

The role of executive coaching with a founder

When OKRs were implemented?

How impeccable agreements work and how the WHO and WHEN of a professional contract works within Clearbit - this is a way to track accountability and negotiating deliverables and how they are tracked within the firm.

How the internal "intranet" works and how things are organized.

AORs vs OKRs

Tactical takeaways or almost any manager or IC