CMO Airtable, Archana Agrawal: Success Is Not a Formula

Guest: Archana Agrawal, CMO of Airtable In this episode, we cover: Staying in place & doubling down vs. moving on to bigger things (03:03); Moving from Liberia to India to escape civil war (07:13); Archana’s unusual grad school roommate: Her father (11:33); The value of breadth over depth, and following your passions (17:35); Cold-emailing her way into a job at Atlassian and the ridiculous job title Archana almost received (21:38); Understanding a team’s strengths and weaknesses — and her own (27:05); Her lowest point at Atlassian, the sale of HipChat and exit from the messaging business (34:33); Why it matters that Airtable looks like a spreadsheet, but is powered by a relational database (37:52); Going into “problem-solving mode,” and the most important outlet for escaping from stress (42:42); Working for founder-led companies (49:53); Being heard as a quiet person on advisory boards full of louder people (55:27)