39 min
63. Zeb Evans, ClickUp // How To Create Billion-Dollar Organic Growth In The World's Most Competitive Industry The Make It Happen Show
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- Entrepreneurship
It takes unconventional thinking and strategy to break into the world's most competitive industry and get a business to a point where it's grown from 50 to 400 employees AND 8x'ed in the past year to a valuation of $1 billion. That's exactly what Zeb Evans has done with ClickUp, the tech platform that is the future of work.
With over 300,000 teams using ClickUp including Google, Nike, Netflix and Uber, Zeb's shared what he's learned achieving massive organic growth before taking on multiple successful investment rounds in this episode of The Make It Happen Show. He covers so much ground, from the power of natural product-to-market fit, to how he broke into an outdated industry, scaling in a sustainable and happy way, and to how you can become a thought leader in your industry, this is a massive ep that cannot be missed. Check it out now.
Timestamps:
2:39 - How Zeb Evans entered and disrupted a competitive market with ClickUp
4:28 - How ClickUp manages customer input and communications
5:32 - Artificial vs natural product-to-market fit
7:10 - How ClickUp emerged from a productivity problem
9:40 - Why Zeb Evans believes organic acquisition is still the most concrete plan
11:34 - ClickUp's key milestones and growth
13:05 - How ClickUp dealt with expanding from 50 to 400 employees in just a few short months
14:51 - ClickUp's culture and rituals that have helped them remain vision- and mission-driven
16:28 - How Zeb's role has shifted throughout ClickUp's growth
18:47 - The key ingredient to a great product
22:55 - ClickUp's strategies in capital raising
25:56 - How to manage expectations when dealing with raised funds
28:10 - How ClickUp has managed its structural growth and expansion
31:47 - How ClickUp is looking to innovate chat and messaging programs for companies
36:44 - How to be a thought leader in any industry
It takes unconventional thinking and strategy to break into the world's most competitive industry and get a business to a point where it's grown from 50 to 400 employees AND 8x'ed in the past year to a valuation of $1 billion. That's exactly what Zeb Evans has done with ClickUp, the tech platform that is the future of work.
With over 300,000 teams using ClickUp including Google, Nike, Netflix and Uber, Zeb's shared what he's learned achieving massive organic growth before taking on multiple successful investment rounds in this episode of The Make It Happen Show. He covers so much ground, from the power of natural product-to-market fit, to how he broke into an outdated industry, scaling in a sustainable and happy way, and to how you can become a thought leader in your industry, this is a massive ep that cannot be missed. Check it out now.
Timestamps:
2:39 - How Zeb Evans entered and disrupted a competitive market with ClickUp
4:28 - How ClickUp manages customer input and communications
5:32 - Artificial vs natural product-to-market fit
7:10 - How ClickUp emerged from a productivity problem
9:40 - Why Zeb Evans believes organic acquisition is still the most concrete plan
11:34 - ClickUp's key milestones and growth
13:05 - How ClickUp dealt with expanding from 50 to 400 employees in just a few short months
14:51 - ClickUp's culture and rituals that have helped them remain vision- and mission-driven
16:28 - How Zeb's role has shifted throughout ClickUp's growth
18:47 - The key ingredient to a great product
22:55 - ClickUp's strategies in capital raising
25:56 - How to manage expectations when dealing with raised funds
28:10 - How ClickUp has managed its structural growth and expansion
31:47 - How ClickUp is looking to innovate chat and messaging programs for companies
36:44 - How to be a thought leader in any industry
39 min