From A People Perspective

Regina Gerbeaux is the tactical, operations-driven coach for top-tier CEOs, operators, and investors. She is also a founder in interested in food tech, and an operator obsessed with putting structure to chaos. Previously, she was the COO at Mochary Method, Head of Operations at On Deck, and founder of a profitably-bootstrapped startup (sold in 2019).

Regina is passionate about helping people of the highest integrity build successful companies and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Her interests are in startups, sustainable company culture, stoicism, and using tech for positive social impact.

Regina open-sources all of her write-ups and templates online at https://www.coachingfounder.com/. Her tactical templates and operational write-ups have been referenced and used by fast-scaling companies including dYdX, BioRender, StageGlass, and many more.

For more reading, please visit https://www.coachingfounder.com/ and follow Regina on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Shownotes:
(0:32) - Intro

(3:25) - Icebreakers

(7:50) - Finding Strength In Difficult Times

(13:10) - From Music To Teaching

(14:53) - Building A Business

(16:50) - Discovering Tech

(17:37) - Understanding Scaling

(18:51) - Starting A Company To Get Into School

(22:23) - Learning To Code

(23:54) - Life At OnDeck

(30:54) - OnDeck Fellowship

(41:53) - Success Contributors

(45:50) - What's Next

(48:30) - Misunderstanding People Ops

(55:08) - Fixing Culture

(57:25) - From A CEO's Perspective

(1:00:00) - Tightening Up Ops

(1:07:00) - RIFs With Compassion

(1:11:00) - Finding Good Leaders

(1:13:43) - Closing Remarks