The Unfinished Product
The Unfinished Product is a podcast about the personal - and often untold - moments that influence founders' and operators' journeys. They may have raised millions or nothing at all, but they’re all doing incredible things that we can all learn from today. We have as much to learn from those who are on the journey as those who have finished it, but most people aren’t telling those stories. I'm here to tell those stories.
The Unfinished Product
The Reality of Becoming The 'New' CEO with Anna Tsyupko
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Anna Tsyupko
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Season 1
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Episode 1
In this episode I'm joined by Anna Tsyupko, Founder @ Expansion Zone. Anna’s startup journey epitomizes the idea of being thrown in at the deep end. After just a few years working at a family office, Anna was brought into a portfolio company as their CEO to turn things around. Following that, Anna moved on to become COO at another high-growth fintech and has now started a new coaching venture.
Trailer (The high level journey): Investor @ Family Office > CEO @ Paybase (Acquired) > COO Tomato pay > Founder @ Expansion Zone
Outtakes (the moments few people saw, but shaped everything):
- The feeling of walking into an organisation of 20 as the new CEO
- Pivoting and growing a company towards an exit
- Actually listening to customers and building products that scale
- Understanding what you love about your role and focusing on those elements in future roles
- Knowing when you’re nearing burnout and doing something about it
Edits (the things you might have done differently, if you could go back):
- Listen to find out!