Mark Porter

How much revenue am I going to make from it? What's my pitch deck look like? All that. So be in touch with your lower brain too. That's the first piece of advice. The second piece of advice I would give them is you're gonna think that being right is what matters as your company grows. Now, sure, when you're at five people, 10 people, 20 people, yeah, you gotta be right.

How much revenue am I going to make from it? What's my pitch deck look like? All that. So be in touch with your lower brain too. That's the first piece of advice. The second piece of advice I would give them is you're gonna think that being right is what matters as your company grows. Now, sure, when you're at five people, 10 people, 20 people, yeah, you gotta be right.

You gotta get that next round of funding. You gotta be just perfectly right because I don't know what the number is, but the vast majority of startups fail. But at some point, you're gonna pivot to what's important being you helping the people work for you to be right. And that's what your new right becomes, because you won't scale.

You gotta get that next round of funding. You gotta be just perfectly right because I don't know what the number is, but the vast majority of startups fail. But at some point, you're gonna pivot to what's important being you helping the people work for you to be right. And that's what your new right becomes, because you won't scale.

You gotta get that next round of funding. You gotta be just perfectly right because I don't know what the number is, but the vast majority of startups fail. But at some point, you're gonna pivot to what's important being you helping the people work for you to be right. And that's what your new right becomes, because you won't scale.

And so right now, MongoDB is crossing 4,000 people, and we have this wonderful senior leadership team of like 80 or so vice presidents or whatever. And we are now, as the executive team, teaching them to be right. Not us at C-levels. We're spending all our time teaching them to be right.

And so right now, MongoDB is crossing 4,000 people, and we have this wonderful senior leadership team of like 80 or so vice presidents or whatever. And we are now, as the executive team, teaching them to be right. Not us at C-levels. We're spending all our time teaching them to be right.

And so right now, MongoDB is crossing 4,000 people, and we have this wonderful senior leadership team of like 80 or so vice presidents or whatever. And we are now, as the executive team, teaching them to be right. Not us at C-levels. We're spending all our time teaching them to be right.

So the way I would package that all up, that second piece of advice, is be aware that the company you are building this month, the company you're going to have six months from now, a year from now, and two years from now are all different companies. And embrace that change. Welcome that change. And experiment through that change. Don't fight it.

So the way I would package that all up, that second piece of advice, is be aware that the company you are building this month, the company you're going to have six months from now, a year from now, and two years from now are all different companies. And embrace that change. Welcome that change. And experiment through that change. Don't fight it.

So the way I would package that all up, that second piece of advice, is be aware that the company you are building this month, the company you're going to have six months from now, a year from now, and two years from now are all different companies. And embrace that change. Welcome that change. And experiment through that change. Don't fight it.

Because the company you're building right now, sitting beside me on an airplane, is not the company that will be successful two years from now.

Because the company you're building right now, sitting beside me on an airplane, is not the company that will be successful two years from now.

Because the company you're building right now, sitting beside me on an airplane, is not the company that will be successful two years from now.

Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. And I do hope that someday we get to have a physical coffee together.

Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. And I do hope that someday we get to have a physical coffee together.

Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. And I do hope that someday we get to have a physical coffee together.