Tips for working at a bigger company

Transitioning from startup to larger companies can be a huge shift in mindset. I made the shift from a 250 person startup (I had worked at from 30 → 250) acquired for $500m to Slack in 2018. Slack was then a pre-IPO company with 1200 employees (grew to 2000 in 18 months). I struggled! It was significantly different and harder than I expected. In personal conversation with startup friends transitioning to larger companies I’ve given advice on how to handle this better than I did....

August 3, 2021