Learnings from fast growing
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Company grows from 4 to 112 people in under three years and experiments with a Spotify-style tribe model, onboarding recorded monthly because the onboarding cycle never ends, and running nonviolent communication trainings to fix cross‑culture silence. Teams split using a BMW template with explicit boundaries (example: two iOS two Android two backend plus one senior with 6+ months), preferring either plucking hires from many teams or growing one team then splitting it. An offset week in a rented house measurably raises collaboration, while quick shortcuts create persistent technical debt and daily chaos with 16‑person teams.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to fast growth
- 2:12Onboarding cycle never ends
- 5:49Challenges of multicultural teams
- 8:20Avoid shortcuts in solutions
- 9:50Team building with offsite weeks
- 11:14Adapting culture as you grow
- 12:41Managing team dependencies
- 14:29Strategies for growing teams
- 23:08Splitting team technique
- 27:36Q&A and closing remarks
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