[Topline #40] The Carta Controversy, Cloudflare’s Viral Moment, and The Death of Growth at Any Cost

Our hosts discuss viral moments from the past two weeks, including Carta’s exit of their secondary market business and Cloudflare’s AE layoff that went viral. The episode wraps up with a discussion sparked by one of Sam’s most recent LinkedIn posts on how Growth at Any Cost (GAAC) is dead.

In this episode, our host cover:

1:56 - Carta’s controversy that preceded the exit of their secondary market business
11:44 - The complexity of equity ownership and the importance of employer transparency
26:04 - Dealing with external challenges and internal factions after organization-wide chaos
38:38 - How layoffs should be handled and the complexity of traditionally private encounters going viral.
51:32 - Growth at Any Cost (GAAC) vs. Profitable, Efficient Growth (PEG)

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