Zak Allen - Building trust and transparency in the team

What you’ll learn:

Building trust and transparency in the team

Adjusting the structure of the 1-1 meeting for Zooms

Replicating the ideation process while remote

Meet: Zak Allen is the VP of Engineering at Shogun. Shogun, backed by 8VC and Founders Fund, empowers home improvement contractors with software products to help them manage their businesses such as Financing, Payments, and other tools. Zak was one of the first employees at Shogun and has seen it grow to over 100 people, serving over 10,000 contractors across the US. Prior to Shogun, Zak was the first employee at FlyHomes, a real estate tech startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, which has similarly grown now to over 250 employees.

If you have any questions for Zak, please feel free to reach out via:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakallen

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