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In this podcast episode, Michel Tricot, CEO and Co-founder of Airbyte, discusses the nuances of startup culture, including the importance of company values, the difference between startup and corporate cultures, and strategies for hiring people who align with those values. Tricot shares insights on Airbyte\u2019s approach to data movement, the company\u2019s growth, and how they maintain and evolve their company culture as they scale. The conversation also covers the critical aspect of dealing with risk and uncertainty in a startup environment, the significance of being a 'CEO of your project,' and the role of feedback and company values in guiding behavior and decision-making.

Highlights

01:22 Diving into Startup Culture: Definitions and Distinctions

02:14 Evolving Company Values at Airbyte

03:43 The Hiring Process: Aligning with Company Values

07:08 Embracing Failure and Learning from It

08:41 Maintaining Culture and Values in a Growing Startup

11:45 Revisiting and Reinforcing Company Values Regularly

20:48 Advice for Startups on Establishing Company Values

Michel Tricot is the co-founder and CEO of Airbyte, the leading open-source data integration platform that allows replicating data from any APIs, databases & files to data warehouses, data lakes, and any other destinations. Currently, the Airbyte user community is more than 18,000 members and Airbyte has been deployed more than 140,000 times. Airbyte has more than 350 data connectors available for its data integration platform. That is more than any other competitor or platform and accomplished in the company\u2019s 3 years history. The company raised over $180M from Accel, Altimeter, Benchmark, Coatue, and Y Combinator.\n\nPrior to starting Airbyte, Michel was a founding member & Director of Engineering at rideOS, and Head of Integrations and Director of Engineering at LiveRamp.\n\nWith Airbyte, Michel aims to solve one of engineers\u2019 biggest problems with data: break down all data silos and make data accessible and available to everyone, everywhere.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheltricot/\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/airbytehq

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