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Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup

Gen X Executive is a first person account of what happens when someone who's spent decades building institutional grade financial systems walks into a 15-20 person startup - and has to figure out how to make it work anyway

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    Gen X Executive: Signal

    Episode 6: Signal. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Episode 9

    Episode 9: New Episode. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Activation

    Episode 8: Activation. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Gravity

    Episode 7: Gravity. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Gravity

    Episode 7: Gravity. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Signal

    Episode 6: Signal. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Going Live

    Episode 5: Going Live. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Current pt3

    Episode 4: Current. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Current pt2

    Episode 4: Current. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: Current pt1

    Episode 4: Current. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Gen X Executive: The Stack

    Episode 3: The Stack. Gen X Executive: Second Act at a Tech Startup with Bradley Firestone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Day Two Million Dollar Term Sheet Crisis

    Eighteen hours into a new job, a CEO drops a complex million-dollar preferred equity deal on your desk - no context, no preparation, just pure startup chaos. Welcome to week one at a fast-growing company where everything happens at once. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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    Today's Whirlwind

    The email came in at 4:42 in the afternoon. Nine items. Numbered list. No pleasantries beyond "Best." My new company email was live. Slack was set up. Ramp access - that's the expense platform - alre Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Gen X Executive is a first person account of what happens when someone who's spent decades building institutional grade financial systems walks into a 15-20 person startup - and has to figure out how to make it work anyway

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Brad Firestone

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Gen X Executive is a first person account of what happens when someone who's spent decades building institutional grade financial systems walks into a 15-20 person startup - and has to figure out how to make it work anyway

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