Frank Slootman

In Their Own Words

Ask yourself: how fast and how well can this be done, as opposed to how long and how slowly will we let this take?

— Frank Slootman, Amp It Up

If you want to increase the pace, the No. 1 thing you need to do is to narrow the focus. A company that does a few things at intensity will outperform one that does many things at mediocrity.

— Frank Slootman

There are only three levers for growth: you can increase the number of customers, increase the average deal size, or decrease the time to close. Everything else is commentary.

— Frank Slootman, Amp It Up

People don't like change, and they especially don't like being changed. But the job isn't to be liked. The job is to win.

— Frank Slootman

In the annals of scaling businesses, operational excellence is the scarcest resource. Vision is cheap. Execution is everything.

— Frank Slootman