Grit
CRO Zapier, Giancarlo “GC” Lionetti: Recheck, Rebalance
Guest: Giancarlo “GC” Lionetti, CRO of Zapier“I live...
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Mar 13 2023 1h 11m
Chapter 1 5 mins
The Grit tip jar and being an “anti-remote” person at a fully remote companyChapter 2 2 mins
How GC compensates for not being able to walk & talk around the officeChapter 3 7 mins
The dying art of being early, and GC’s brand of hard workChapter 4 4 mins
His father’s exhausting work life, and his first summer jobChapter 5 6 mins
Is GC a “pusher” or a “puller,” and some crucial advice from Atlassian CEO Scott FarquharChapter 6 3 mins
What he thought in the early days of Atlassian’s ride to the topChapter 7 2 mins
What Zapier does and how it has helped GC and his wife as parentsChapter 8 3 mins
“It was hard to take advice, because nobody understood this world”Chapter 9 3 mins
Why did GC leave Atlassian for Dropbox?Chapter 10 7 mins
Passing on paranoia, and is balance required for happiness?Chapter 11 7 mins
Marketing vs. sales, and the danger of re-running the same playbook in different companiesChapter 12 4 mins
Fitting into a box, and learning from people with different backgroundsChapter 13 6 mins
Why GC doesn’t like traveling very much, and the place of meetings in Zapier’s GTM organizationChapter 14 4 mins
Separating the “church and state” of work and personal life