The Operations Room: A Podcast for COO’s

We are the COO coaches to help you successfully scale in this new world where efficiency is as important as growth. Remember when valuations were 3-10x ARR and money wasn’t free? We do. Each week we share our experiences and bring in scale up experts and operational leaders to help you navigate both the burning operational issues and the larger existential challenges. Beth Ayers is the former COO of Peak AI, NewVoiceMedia and Codilty and has helped raise over $200m from top funds - Softbank, Bessemer, TCV, MCC, Notion and Oxx. Brandon Mensinga is the former COO of Signal AI and Trint. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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Recent Episodes
  • 75. The Announcement Episode
    Mar 20, 2025 – 08:46
  • 74. The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings
    Mar 13, 2025 – 38:48
  • 73. Building an AI First Organisation Part 2
    Mar 6, 2025 – 55:54
  • 72. Is the COO the Single Source of Truth?
    Feb 27, 2025 – 52:40
  • 71. Proactive Mental Health Strategies for Leaders
    Feb 20, 2025 – 47:44
  • 70. Jumpstarting Your Workplace Culture
    Feb 13, 2025 – 40:58
  • 69. Building an AI First Organisation
    Feb 6, 2025 – 52:14
  • 68. First Team Loyalty: The Key to Executive Success
    Jan 30, 2025 – 53:24
  • 67. COO Superpowers Revealed Part 2
    Jan 23, 2025 – 52:24
  • 66. COO Superpowers Revealed Part 1
    Jan 16, 2025 – 48:12
  • 65. A COO’s journey to a Google exit
    Dec 19, 2024 – 42:02
  • 64. The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property
    Dec 12, 2024 – 44:53
  • 63. What you need to know about ESOPs
    Dec 5, 2024 – 43:12
  • 62. How to prepare for an IPO
    Nov 28, 2024 – 44:24
  • 61. How do you create a high performance culture?
    Nov 21, 2024 – 43:09
  • 60. The State of the European Venture Market
    Nov 14, 2024 – 40:41
  • 59. What should a marketing tech stack look like in 2024?
    Nov 7, 2024 – 42:06
  • 58. Decoding Option Grants: What You Need to Know
    Oct 31, 2024 – 44:48
  • 57. Military lessons in leadership
    Oct 24, 2024 – 41:12
  • 56. How to hire for excellence
    Oct 17, 2024 – 45:50
  • 55. How do you build trust across an organisation?
    Oct 10, 2024 – 49:21
  • 54. How to successfully scale from 2 million to 2 billion
    Oct 3, 2024 – 50:28
  • 53. Practical ways to be more inclusive
    Sep 26, 2024 – 49:58
  • 52. How to know when it's time to go
    Sep 19, 2024 – 51:14
  • 51. Fractional COO: Is it worth it?
    Sep 12, 2024 – 43:00
  • 50. How to be a COO
    Sep 5, 2024 – 37:00
  • 49. How To Stop Your Company From Drowning In Information
    Jun 27, 2024 – 47:34
  • 48. How To Present And Not Suck
    Jun 20, 2024 – 40:52
  • 47. What are the priorities for COO's in 2024? Part 2
    Jun 14, 2024 – 47:17
  • 46. The Secret Life Of Boards
    Jun 6, 2024 – 34:26
  • 44. Does performance management work?
    May 23, 2024 – 47:50
  • 43. Is usage-based pricing the answer?
    May 16, 2024 – 34:06
  • 42. Is it possible to pivot to profitability?
    May 9, 2024 – 47:38
  • 41. The life-ruining power of routines
    May 2, 2024 – 40:20
  • 40. Why does community matter for organisations?
    Apr 25, 2024 – 33:00
  • 39. What are the priorities for COO’s in 2024?
    Apr 18, 2024 – 44:18
  • 38. Life Lessons
    Apr 11, 2024 – 53:44
  • 37. Which HRIS do I need?
    Apr 4, 2024 – 45:42
  • 36. What does a good COO framework look like?
    Mar 28, 2024 – 34:28
  • 35. Is wellbeing a complete waste of time?
    Mar 21, 2024 – 52:36
  • 34. How do you build an organisation to compete with Google?
    Mar 14, 2024 – 43:58
  • 33. How do you scale from 100 employees to IPO?
    Mar 7, 2024 – 46:03
  • 32. What can VC and PE backed operators learn from each other?
    Feb 29, 2024 – 01:00:38
  • 31. How do you build a business that is smarter than you?
    Feb 22, 2024 – 36:53
  • 30. Why is hybrid working an inclusivity issue?
    Feb 15, 2024 – 45:31
  • 29. What is it like being COO of a private equity backed business?
    Feb 8, 2024 – 52:28
  • 28. Do product leaders make good COO's?
    Feb 1, 2024 – 43:58
  • 27. How do you tame a visionary CEO?
    Jan 25, 2024 – 45:46
  • 26. The COO Role: Why Would You Ever Want the Job?
    Jan 18, 2024 – 46:14
  • 25. Do COO's have a two year shelf life?
    Jan 11, 2024 – 37:30
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