My Thoughts on The Challenges Founders & Tech Leaders Face

My Thoughts on Tech Leadership

  • Building Your Strategic Finance Team: A Guide for Growth-Stage Companies
    by Marketing Team on June 30, 2025 at 12:36 pm

    We recently hosted a live webinar featuring Kevin Williams and Julian Castelli on how to structure a modern finance function as your company scales. Whether you’re a founder doing it all or already managing a lean team, the discussion offered clear guidance on how to build a finance team that supports both your day-to-day operationsYour Read More Link Text The post Building Your Strategic Finance Team: A Guide for Growth-Stage Companies appeared first on Growth Elevated.

  • The Power of a Unified Leadership Team: “Why Alignment Beats Headcount”
    by Marketing Team on May 23, 2025 at 9:43 am

    When a company is growing quickly, it can seem like the solution to every problem is hiring more people. Leaders ask questions like, “Who should we hire next?” “Do we need a bigger team to compete?” or “How fast should we add new roles?” While expanding the team can feel like progress, it’s often notYour Read More Link Text The post The Power of a Unified Leadership Team: “Why Alignment Beats Headcount” appeared first on Growth Elevated.

  • The Struggle
    by Julian Castelli on May 2, 2025 at 1:40 am

    Ben Horrowitz’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, is the most recommended book on our Leadership Podcast.  The most powerful passage in the entire book describes “The Struggle”.   The Struggle is when you wonder why you started the company in the first place. The Struggle is when people ask you why you don’tYour Read More Link Text The post The Struggle appeared first on Growth Elevated.

  • How to Hire Slow and Hire Well
    by Julian Castelli and Jake Kreis on July 24, 2024 at 7:01 pm

    In Season 1 Episode 4 of the Growth Elevated Leadership Podcast, we discussed the famous phrase – Hire Slow/Fire Fast – after many of our CEO guests referenced it in their interviews.  Firing fast is pretty easy to understand, but what does it mean to Hire Slow?  In this blog, we will describe a structured,Your Read More Link Text The post How to Hire Slow and Hire Well appeared first on Growth Elevated.

  • The Missing Million$
    by Julian Castelli on May 29, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    The ‘missing million’ completely changed the tone and energy of the customer conversation, and we sold many deals without even demoing our software.  Once we understood the true nerve, and we crafted a pitch that could reliably hit that nerve, we almost always won the deal.” The post The Missing Million$ appeared first on Growth Elevated.

  • May I Please Pay You More?
    by Julian Castelli on February 19, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    The question then, is how do you get this magical Net Revenue Retention?  I spend a lot of time with clients and portfolio companies addressing this specific question, and I always start with the challenge of How can we get our clients to say: “May I Please Pay You More”. The post May I Please Pay You More? appeared first on Growth Elevated.

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