#124 Founding CRO at Procore, Dennis Lyandres: Defining "Winning"

Guest: Dennis Lyandres, Founding CRO at Procore In this episode, we cover: The Procore campus and employee experience (01:03); How Dennis prepped for this podcast and lifelong learning (05:00); “Have I plateaued? Is this it?” (11:31); Channeling energy into your work, and knowing what you can change (18:40); Dennis’ parents and how he thought about work for most of his career (23:29); His first jobs and why he left Cloudera for Procore (28:09); The first “oh shit” moment and the 10-year success story (35:47); The winning culture and what Dennis would do with a second chance (41:51); Scaling to nine-figure revenue and personal growth through failure (45:23); Great vs. terrible leadership and finding the right mentors (50:28); Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche and relationships built on trust (57:34); Fixing the technology in construction (01:00:42); Powerful advice about ethics and interpersonal relationships (01:05:14); Thoughtful gifts and making space for another person in your life (01:11:23)