Fireside Chat w/ Claire Hughes Johnson and Elad Gil

​Hear from Elad Gil and Claire Hughes Johnson about their decades of experience as executives and advisors for tech companies like Stripe, Twitter, and Google during high growth periods. Discussion topics will include: ​Growing Stripe: 200 to 7,000 people (!) ​How to lead & manage (and what's the difference?) ​Leading teams through periods of economic uncertainty ​Claire’s new book Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building ​Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/cY2EmZjidRw?... ​Claire Hughes Johnson is a corporate officer and advisor at Stripe. Previously, she was chief operating officer at Stripe from 2014 to 2021, helping the company grow from fewer than 200 employees to more than 8,000. Prior to Stripe, she spent 10 years at Google leading business teams, including overseeing aspects of Gmail, Google Apps, and consumer operations, as well as serving as a vice president for AdWords, Google Offers, and Google’s self-driving car project. She serves on the boards of Ameresco, the Atlantic, Aurora Innovation, and HubSpot, and is a trustee and current board president of Milton Academy. ​Elad Gil is an executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor who has worked with companies including Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Stripe, and Square as they’ve grown from small companies into global enterprises. Elad authored the first and bestselling Stripe Press book—High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People—with 80,000 copies sold. Hosts Cynthia Gildea Elad Gil Contact