AA138 - Interview with Software-Engineer-turned-CEO and Founder, Alex Polyakov

On this week's podcast, we're joined by Alex Polyakov. Alex is the CEO and Founder of Project Simple. Alex and his company are on a mission to make Teams better by building the first ever AI Agile Software Management Platform and solving the ever-growing list of problems and frustrations that come with Jira. Go see what Project Simple is all about by visiting them at projectsimple.ai

...or connect with Alex on LinkedIn!

Enterprise Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando sit down with Alex to talk about his journey from Software Engineer to CEO and Founder, the frustrations of Jira, and many, many other topics.

0:00 Guest Intro
0:33 Alex's Journey
3:01 Raising Funding
4:44 Fear of Failure
6:08 Learning New Skills
9:58 Sponsorship & Mentorship
12:35 Rotating Roles
13:36 Making a Difference
15:25 Strategy and Problem Solving
19:15 Start-Up Success Factors
20:58 Investing
23:57 Early Investors
25:48 Jira
30:07 Better Concepts and Systems
33:06 Better Ways of Working
36:40 Delegation and Ownership
38:47 Visibility
40:40 Wrap-Up

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