David Okuniev explains how he runs a tiny R&D team inside Typeform to launch new products like VideoAsk and Relayed.
David Okuniev · Typeform
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Typeform co-founder David Okuniev explains how he stepped back from co-CEO duties to run a two-person R&D team that spins up new products inside Typeform. He covers handing off VideoAsk at around $3M ARR, building Relayed for async audio and meeting insights, and Typeform's $135M Series C at a $935M post-money valuation.
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“The the product's around 3,000,000 in in ARR, And so I stepped away from it around six months ago because I'm... Basically, I run a very small R and D team and we split up new products and VideoAsk was one of those new products.”
“So I act as product manager, designer, and and now I'm doing front end development as well.”
“Honestly, a big believer you don't need that many people to launch a product and actually sometimes the more people you add to it, sometimes the slower you go.”
“one good thing about being able to do it inside the company is that there's not the same pressures that founders have when they start a new product in terms of being able to get it funded and running out of funding, etcetera.”
“We're nearing 500 people, so we flirted with being profitable and then we've reinvested now.”
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