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Riding Unicorns· Simone Mainifounder story

Elliptic CEO celebrates hitting major ARR milestone and massive product launch

15:58 / 16:35

Yeah. Well, look. Honestly, we had one today. Today has, been a fantastic day at Elliptic. We crossed the really important ARR milestone today, and we're doing it, yeah, at an accelerating growth rate.

That's awesome.

Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. So, yes, I think we've also learned that it's important to celebrate those milestones. We've not always been very good at that, but I think we really recognize now how how how critical that is to to do that work to celebrate. And we've also had a massive product launch today as well.

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Riding Unicorns · Simone Maini

framework

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.

22:00 - 22:3232s
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Riding Unicorns · Simone Maini

personal lesson

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.

12:20 - 12:5535s
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Riding Unicorns · Simone Maini

personal lesson

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.

12:40 - 13:2141s
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Riding Unicorns · Simone Maini

framework

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.

21:39 - 22:1738s
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