Akshay Kothari
Co-founder & COO of Notion
Description
Akshay Kothari is a co-founder and COO of Notion, a collaborative software company known for its versatile workspace platform. Before his achievements with Notion, Kothari co-founded Pulse, a news aggregation app that saw great success and was subsequently acquired by LinkedIn in 2013. At LinkedIn, he took on various impactful roles, including the India Country Manager
Suggested Questions
- What criteria did you use to select influencers to collaborate with for promoting Notion, and how did you ensure alignment with the brand's values and messaging?
- Can you share any specific examples of how direct outreach to investors and influential figures in the tech ecosystem helped in acquiring early adopters for Notion?
- Can you share any unique marketing strategies you used to attract early adopters to Notion?
- Can you share any specific challenges or successes that arose during the process of integrating LLM into Notion?
- Can you share any unique strategies or tactics that Notion has used to drive revenue growth?
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- How do you maintain a healthy work-life balance to prevent burnout in the first place?
- How did your experience managing the finance team at Notion shape your approach to financial decision-making in startups?
- How can founders effectively balance the need for rapid growth with maintaining a strong company culture and team dynamics?
- What makes Notion stand out as the third generation of productivity software after Microsoft Office and Google Suite?