About this episode
Eeke de Milliano is the Head of Global Product at Stripe, helping drive innovation and success in the company's product line. Before this role, she was Head of Product at Retool and co-founded Constellate. Eeke previously spent 6 years as Product Lead at Stripe, working with the company during their hyper-growth era.–In today’s episode, we discuss:
Eeke’s wealth of experience as an executive leader
The challenges companies face when hiring new executives
Common hiring red flags and pitfalls
Practical advice for measuring success
Why learning your strengths is an underrated piece of the process
–Referenced:
ASML: https://www.asml.com/en
Claire Hughes Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-hughes-johnson-7058/
Constellate: https://constellate.team/
John Collison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbcollison/
Mike Maples Jr.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maples/
Patrick Collison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/
Retool: https://retool.com/
Stripe: https://stripe.com/
Will Gaybrik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-gaybrick-5730347/
–Where to find Eeke:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eeke-de-milliano-3b05a629/
–Where to find Brett:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson
–Where to find First Round Capital:
Website: https://firstround.com/
First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/firstround
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital
This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast
–Timestamps:(00:00) Should you ‘buy or build’ a leader(03:45) Why do executive hires fail so often?(09:35) Why the stakes are so
