This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Nolan's Church, the CEO and co-founder of Continuum, about his perspective on the tech layoff wave. While we do indeed get into how his vision of fractional work fits into this conversation, we start with the fact that Church helped conduct CARTA’s layoffs in 2020 (a low of his entire career, he says) and what that experience taught him about the importance of being direct.
Here are a few of the topics we get into:
Twitter’s recent layoffs, Jack’s silence and who should take ownership of what
The generic CEO statement on macroeconomic challenges
Stripe’s recent layoffs
What is the best way to conduct a layoff, and how should you give birth to communicate with staff? How does that change based on stage?
Is the rumor that all startups should just cut 20% of staff to extend the runway accurately at all?
If Church could go back in time, would he change anything about the way that CARTA conducted its layoffs?
What executive role is most likely to be disrupted and why Q1 may bring more doom and gloom into the tech sphere
And finally, Church’s attempt to summarize all of 2022 in a headline (I don’t disagree with his final answer, by the way).
I’ll fully take ownership of the fact that my column from just two weeks ago (!) has poorly aged. If you or someone you know is whipping up a cool program – like this – to support those laid off, hit me up on Twitter and I may just create a good news show.
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This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Nolan's Church, the CEO and co-founder of Continuum, about his perspective on the tech layoff wave. While we do indeed get into how his vision of fractional work fits into this conversation, we start with the fact that Church helped conduct CARTA’s layoffs in 2020 (a low of his entire career, he says) and what that experience taught him about the importance of being direct.
Here are a few of the topics we get into:
Twitter’s recent layoffs, Jack’s silence and who should take ownership of what
The generic CEO statement on macroeconomic challenges
Stripe’s recent layoffs
What is the best way to conduct a layoff, and how should you give birth to communicate with staff? How does that change based on stage?
Is the rumor that all startups should just cut 20% of staff to extend the runway accurately at all?
If Church could go back in time, would he change anything about the way that CARTA conducted its layoffs?
What executive role is most likely to be disrupted and why Q1 may bring more doom and gloom into the tech sphere
And finally, Church’s attempt to summarize all of 2022 in a headline (I don’t disagree with his final answer, by the way).
I’ll fully take ownership of the fact that my column from just two weeks ago (!) has poorly aged. If you or someone you know is whipping up a cool program – like this – to support those laid off, hit me up on Twitter and I may just create a good news show.
Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, a show that details how our stories come together and more!
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