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How do you keep up when you go from 50 to 500 employees in a year?
Jesse Zhang shares how Decagon scaled that quickly, from hiring ahead of demand to keeping the company connected as the team grows.
He also explains why the zero-to-one phase is so different from scaling, and how Decagon found its way out of the idea maze in just three weeks.
Guest: Jesse Zhang, Co-founder and CEO, Decagon
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