Taking Over as CEO (w/ Jennifer Carroll, CEO Veruna, Inc.)

Jennifer Carroll, CEO at Veruna, Inc, is a Technologist & Attorney based in Austin. She has a unique leadership story. Unlike most Insurtech Founder-CEOs,  she was asked by the Board to join in early 2020 when she was strategic advisor on growth plans.

Veruna is creating an agency management system for the modern age, access and report on your data, independent brokers and MGAs.

Changes she’s brought as new CEO:

• Prioritizing people to have time with families and moving around during the day
• Small team segments creating ownership & confidence to execute goals in your immediate sphere of influence
• Attracting people with high resiliency you want at a tech startup, high energy and creative, persistent to get answers right who want to make a big difference in the industry

Challenges for a new CEO:

• Spends a lot more time explaining yourself and ideas, mentoring team leads to think startups
• Gives small assignments and articles, leadership exercises, grow them into leaders
• Driving leaders to become metrics-driven, observing the data and asking better questions to improve the product

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