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Founders often have strong opinions and extreme perspectives. In the early days, this is good because it leads innovators to start companies. But as a team scales, leaders need to adopt an open mindset. Prashanth describes how this approach has led Stack Overflow to huge success by embracing counterintuitive strategies.&nbsp;

As Chief Executive Officer of Stack Overflow, the world’s largest and most trusted software developer and technologist community and platform with over 100 million monthly users, responsible for driving Stack Overflow’s overall strategic direction and results. Lead an amazing global organization of Stackers who are passionate about our mission: empower the world to develop technology through collective knowledge.

Previously, served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s Cloud & Infrastructure Services portfolio of businesses, including the Managed Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Colocation and Managed Security businesses. Also held a range of senior leadership roles at Rackspace including Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s high growth, global business focused on the world's leading Public Clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Alibaba Cloud, which became the fastest growing business in Rackspace’s history.

Prior to joining Rackspace, was a Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank, focused on providing strategic and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advice for clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries. Was also a Manager at Capgemini Consulting, focused on leading operations transformation engagements and consulting teams across the US.

MBA from Harvard Business School, M.Eng in Engineering Management from Cornell University and B.S. in Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Maine. Married and father of two children.

Prashanth Chandrasekar

CEO at Stack Overflow

Founders often have strong opinions and extreme perspectives. In the early days, this is good because it leads innovators to start companies. But as a team scales, leaders need to adopt an open mindset. Prashanth describes how this approach has led Stack Overflow to huge success by embracing counterintuitive strategies. 


Prashanth Chandrasekar (Stack Overflow): Non-Dual Leadership

Mindfulness and meditation are two hot topics today. G2 makes this an intentional focus for its entire team, not just a personal practice. And it’s working.

Godard Abel is the co-founder and CEO of G2. He previously built cloud CPQ pioneers BigMachines (acquired by Oracle) and SteelBrick (acquired by Salesforce).

Godard Abel

Co-Founder and CEO at G2

Mindfulness and meditation are two hot topics today. G2 makes this an intentional focus for its entire team, not just a personal practice. And it’s working.


Godard Abel (G2): Mindfulness At Work

Godard credits much of G2’s success to the practice of Conscious Leadership across the management team. It’s a framework that helps leaders build trust and create conscious cultures. Learn how Godard discovered it during a time of leadership difficulty, and how he implements it today.

Godard credits much of G2’s success to the practice of Conscious Leadership across the management team. It’s a framework that helps leaders build trust and create conscious cultures. Learn how Godard discovered it during a time of leadership difficulty, and how he implements it today.


Godard Abel (G2): Conscious Leadership

Hubert shares what it means to have product objectives support company goals, why that’s so important, and how to watch out for the challenges that come with it.&nbsp;

Hubert is the founder and CEO of Productboard, the leading product management system that enables product teams to get the right products to market, faster. Prior to Productboard, Hubert was the Vice President of Product Management at GoodData. He lives with his wife Jenna and their two young sons in the San Francisco Bay area.

Hubert Palan

Founder and CEO at Productboard

Hubert shares what it means to have product objectives support company goals, why that’s so important, and how to watch out for the challenges that come with it. 


Hubert Palan (Productboard): Company Goals = Product Goals

The key to customer centricity is empathy. But where does empathy come from? Actual knowledge of your customer, their pain and their goals. Everyone on your team shares responsibility in developing this knowledge. But most companies delegate this to user research, annual surveys or maybe the founder’s gut. It’s not enough.&nbsp;

The key to customer centricity is empathy. But where does empathy come from? Actual knowledge of your customer, their pain and their goals. Everyone on your team shares responsibility in developing this knowledge. But most companies delegate this to user research, annual surveys or maybe the founder’s gut. It’s not enough. 


Hubert Palan (Productboard): Going Beyond User Research

Gen Z thinks about work differently. How exactly do they evaluate new companies and roles? And how should your company adapt?

Adam is the Co-Founder and CEO of Postscript, a mobile messaging platform for ecommerce stores. With Postscript, entrepreneurs can automate their text marketing, maximize ROI with targeted campaigns and create conversations that drive revenue. Adam leads Postscript's fully remote team through a lens of transparency and authenticity that believes vulnerability is the crucial skill to building a strong team.

Adam Turner

Co-Founder and CEO

Gen Z thinks about work differently. How exactly do they evaluate new companies and roles? And how should your company adapt?


Adam Turner (Postscript): What Gen Z Wants

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Founders often have strong opinions and extreme perspectives. In the early days, this is good because it leads innovators to start companies. But as a team scales, leaders need to adopt an open mindset. Prashanth describes how this approach has led Stack Overflow to huge success by embracing counterintuitive strategies.

Soar Past the $100M Revenue Mark

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