Ada Chen Rekhi
Co-Founder & COO @ Notejoy
Co-founder & COO of Notejoy and executive coach for startup founders. Former product leader with deep expertise in SaaS and productivity tools.
βMaking better decisions and building a joyful career, covering product design, strategic decision-making, and career development.β
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Notejoy | Co-Founder & COO | 2016-present |
| SurveyMonkey (Momentive) | SVP of Marketing | ~2014-2016 |
| Product Marketing Manager | ~2011-2014 | |
| Connected (acquired by LinkedIn) | Founder | ~2011 |
| MochiGames | Founder / Growth Lead | ~2007-2011 |
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βI usually reserve it for bigger things. So probably quarterly or anything where I'm having a big debate, and I'm feeling really indecisive.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βLet me ask you this. Let's try to apply some of the values in real time as an experiment.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βYeah. Yeah. And then maybe if you were to decompose adventure, what adventure actually means to you and you go into that word list, you might actually just find that some of these opportunities like w...β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βYeah, and it's really self-aware of you too. I think too. Cut it off because you start realizing that you're doing this course, and it's not giving you energy or it's not quite the right thing. It's r...β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βAnd I don't think we focus on that enough.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βOh. Yeah, that's a great use for it.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βYeah, I think you could definitely use that process to force yourself to make a stack ring and to be really clear, and also change it. Change it. It's yours. So change it over time as it suits you.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βIf you've seen Clay now recently, in terms of how do you do a better job of managing and building your professional and personal network and-β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βYeah. The ego monster is a great way to put it. I use something that Warren Buffet has talked about, which is inner scorecard versus outer scorecard.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βI'll have a hot take on this, and it's something that I share to people when I talk to them about coaching. But my hot take is that for the vast majority of people, they probably do not need a coach.β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βYes. I know of multiple people that I've talked to, usually CEOs, that either have had a series of coaches or have multiple coaches. It makes a lot more sense, Lenny, when you think about someone who'...β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)
βRight. For niche things because they're about to enter a process or someone who's trying to get into a writing coach-β
How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)