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Ep. 614 | Fan Favorite | ClickUp President and COO Gaurav Agarwal - Execute Like You Have No Resources
What keeps a fast-growing company from losing its edge?
In this Fan Favorite episode, Cameron Herold sits down with Gaurav Agarwal, President and COO of ClickUp, to revisit one of the show’s most energizing conversations on leading at scale.
Gaurav went from banking in Singapore and Tokyo to running operations at a 1,000-person software company. He shares his first 90 days playbook, why ClickUp executes like it has no resources, and how he trains leaders to think like GMs.
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Timestamped Highlights
00:00 What Separates Legendary Businesses
02:36 ClickUp’s Vision: One App to Rule Them All
05:05 The #1 CRM on G2 Is Not HubSpot
10:26 From India to Seattle
15:25 The Engineering Mindset for Business
18:01 The First 90 Days