Dan Westgarth - How to establish yourself as a leader in tech!
👉🏼 About the Guest:
Dan Westgarth (COO at Deel, ex-Revolut, Expansion Capital) is the COO of Deel, building everything you need to scale a global team. Dan has been building businesses since he was 10 and is now breaking down international borders, allowing companies and workers across the world to come together.
Dan Westgarth (COO at Deel, ex-Revolut, Expansion Capital) is the COO of Deel, building everything you need to scale a global team. Dan has been building businesses since he was 10 and is now breaking down international borders, allowing companies and workers across the world to come together.
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Description:
Tune in as Sharath and Dan discuss Dan's fintech career journey, the immigrant hustle, and his main customer-forward learnings.
Timestamps:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Description:
Tune in as Sharath and Dan discuss Dan's fintech career journey, the immigrant hustle, and his main customer-forward learnings.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 | Episode highlight
- 00:30 | Intro to Dan Westgarth, COO at Deel
- 1:37 | Schedule of a COO: Priorities, customer support, and more
- 3:16 | How to prioritize a new project
- 5:18 | Dan's first business at age 10: PlayStations, cell phones, and beyond
- 7:28 | The best part about running any business
- 9:35 | Business lessons from 10-year-old Dan
- 12:36 | The immigrant hustle: How Dan got his hunger
- 15:50 | How Deel is changing the world of immigration
- 18:09 | Dan's journey to tech and COO at Deel
- 20:10 | How to take care of your customers so they never leave
- 21:51 | Going from Product Management to COO Learnings from both sides
- 22:40 | What Product Management and Ops have in common
- 24:06 | How networking helped Dan become COO at Deel
- 26:13 | What COOs can learn from General Managers
- 29:05 | Dan's learning frameworks to get info fast
- 31:25 | How to shrug off imposter syndrome
- 33:18 | Exciting updates at Deel: automating HR, reducing admin work
- 36:00 | Advice for people breaking into tech
- 38:30 | Outro
👉🏼 Resources:
- Deel: http://deel.com/
- LegalPad: https://legalpad.io/
👉🏼 Where to find Dan Westgarth:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanWestgarth
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-westgarth-710650a4/
👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
- Website: https://5harath.com/
- Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/