int main()

Finding, growing, and keeping the best team possible is the challenge that unites our industry, from the earliest startup to the largest public company. Every tech leader will tell you how critical—and how difficult—it is to hire great people. As knowledge workers, we know how much the people we work with, manage, and report to can shape overall fulfillment in our lives. But often we’re not involved enough in determining who these people are, and we don’t know how to fix things that aren’t working or even where to start. Being a candidate in Silicon Valley’s current talent landscape can be intimidating and confusing, and then, because quickly growing companies are also quickly changing companies, navigating a career within it proves just as complicated.

None of these issues are being addressed at a tactical level across the industry, and I’ve thought of little else over the past several years. I’m excited to announce that I’m starting a company called Main and devoting myself completely to this, what I consider my life’s mission.

Working at Google, Twitter and foursquare has offered me unparalleled experiences and opportunities to build expertise in my field; though unfortunately now I realize that to truly scale my passion, I must give up being a salaried, vesting employee of a startup I love.

In programming languages like C++ and Java, main(), or the main method, is the entry point for the code, where a program starts execution. Main is where I am at with this endeavor, and where most of the teams and people I’m helping are at in theirs. To begin, I’ll be working closely with entrepreneurs, investors, and most importantly, intrapreneurs—the experts within (or joining) teams without whom leaders cannot accomplish their goals.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in seeking out mentors to help me with this big decision, it’s that everyone I admire has brilliant ideas and strong thoughts on what’s working and what isn’t for what I refer to as Talent. If we haven’t spoken yet, I’d love to hear them.

Morgan

@mm

@main

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  1. mitensampat said: good luck Morgan !
  2. bradlau reblogged this from mrgn and added:
    see some startup news...VC or product company. Obviously, Morgan hasn’t given
  3. socialmediaaddict reblogged this from mrgn
  4. likesandlaunch said: Congrats on the new venture! Any plans to be in NYC? Would love to share what I’m working on, think there may be a change to work together very soon. @br_ttany
  5. emergentfutures said: Good luck Morgan. great to see somewhat following a passion and a mission and putting it all out there.
  6. secondverse reblogged this from mrgn and added:
    pretty huge news. Congratulations, Morgan!
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