Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Elliptic into a Blockchain Analytics Leader

First-time CEOs run unproductive boards by hiding problems instead of overcommunicating

Elliptic CEO Simone Maini explains why first-time founders make the mistake of putting their boards in "sales mode" instead of being transparent about struggles. He shares how he learned that overcommunicating problems, especially during difficult times, is the key to building trust with board members.

CEO reveals why overcommunicating during crises builds stronger teams than staying quiet

Elliptic's CEO Simone Maini shares her leadership philosophy on transparent communication during difficult times. She explains how overcommunicating, especially when things go wrong, builds trust with teams rather than trying to quietly fix problems behind closed doors. The insight came from reflecting on how she wanted her own team to communicate with her during challenging moments.

Elliptic CEO celebrates hitting major ARR milestone and massive product launch

Simone Maini shares Elliptic's achievement of crossing a significant ARR milestone while maintaining accelerating growth. She reflects on the importance of celebrating company wins and mentions a simultaneous major product launch, highlighting how the blockchain analytics company has learned to better acknowledge its successes.

it's been really tough. And so it does feel like milestones like today are a bit of a kind of signpost that says, like, yeah, we actually have really turned a corner as a company, but also as as an...

scaled, or has it kind of all been the same? What what is it, and, yeah, has it changed? Yeah. So the business model is your classic kind of b to b SaaS business model. So it is a kind of platform...

How to balance scaling existing products while experimenting with new ones

Simone Maini discusses the challenge of running two different speeds within one company - having 80% focused on scaling from product-market fit while 20% explores new opportunities. She explains how company values like curiosity and embracing failure create the psychological safety needed for experimentation.

The only failure is not trying - building psychological safety for experimentation

Elliptic CEO Simone Maini explains how to create a culture of experimentation by establishing psychological safety through company values. She emphasizes that curiosity and embracing failure are key to encouraging teams to take risks and try new approaches.