Adam Fishman
Executive in Residence / Advisor @ Reforge
Former growth exec at Lyft, Patreon, Imperfect Foods, and Mozilla. Now advises startups on growth and product strategy via Reforge.
βBuilding a high-performing growth team, covering growth systems, team leadership, and career development.β
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βSure. I'm setting my timer for 45 seconds.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βIt is fishmanafnewsletter.com. I am blessed with great initials that allow me to have that name for a newsletter.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βWell, I'm pretty busy, but it is a bit of a revolving door, so there's always some pipeline. So even if I can't work with folks right now, sometimes it makes sense for me to work with them a few month...β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βNo, no, there was not. It was delicious.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βI did. We talked a bit about that journey and I asked him some questions about how he prepared for the role and stuff like that. And so yeah, it was pretty fun. We swapped some stories and stuff. So y...β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βI see that. I do see that. That's awesome. Way to go, mom.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βYeah, it sounds great. I've also chosen some bad companies in my time too, so we can talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
β... Second career. Yeah, actually, announcing today I'm pivoting the newsletter to just talk about therapy and psychology.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βYeah. I think that's a great example. Seeking the solution in a customer interview is never going to work, right? You seek to understand and then you take that away and you can think through what the ...β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
β... and I'll try to be a little more brief on that.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βOne of the challenges of hiring a senior person is that they're all off writing newsletters and making podcast.β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
βNot that we know anybody who does that or anything, but-β
How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)