No matter what phase of growth you’re in, data is essential to scale. Take it from Sheila Lirio Marcelo, the founder and former CEO of Care.com, the two-sided marketplace connecting working families with care providers. Marcelo scaled her business past the competition by getting the right data at the right time. Marketplaces are tricky flywheels to get started, and Marcelo used data to help her determine which markets Care.com should pursue first — and when to wait. "Something I coach a lot of entrepreneurs: You can have a great vision and idea, but start with a lot of data and testing,” says Marcelo.
Listen to Sonal Shah's Rapid Response episode. "Scaling a mission": https://mastersofscale.com/rapidresponse/shah/
Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.com
Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dlirtX
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman
AI + You | 5 ways to ethically build — and use — AI
Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin
Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky
On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart's Maayan Cohen
AI + You | 4 ways to scale your personal growth
Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz
AI + You | 5 steps for impactful experimentation
How to revive collaboration at work, with WPP’s Mark Read
Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
Mustafa Suleyman: Empathy in AI
4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges
Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk
135. Eileen Fisher: Keep it simple to make it timeless
134. Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity
Think like an outsider, w/Shellye Archambeau, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and Calendly’s Tope Awotona
133. Ron Howard: Evolve your vision
How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Eric Schmidt, Angela Ahrendts, & Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi
Leading in an age of burnout, w/Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Meditative Story
Should This Exist?
Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity