In this episode Jepson talks to Romain Fouache who is the CRO of Dataiku and who comes from a technical background. The cost of failure is going down and the ability to identify the failures beforehand is rapidly increasing, which is going to save companies so much more time in analyzing their data. “How do you give people the ability to do many things while feeling confident in the fact that the things that are done are the right things?” Romain gives some tips on the middle ground companies should be shooting for when trying to give people autonomy, but at the same time establish enough boundaries so that things don’t get out of hand.
- Romain’s story and background 1:30
- A mature timeline 5:10
- Why Europe hasn’t taken a more aggressive VC culture 10:00
- Becoming aware of Dataiku 23:15
- Democratization success stories 28:05
- Being a sales leader and communication 33:05
- Making sure work doesn’t consume all of you 37:15
- The future of the company and the next generation 45:40
“I think the exciting thing there is the cost of failure, so if it takes me weeks and I’m working for you, if I come back next week and I say it didn’t work, OK? But if I come back in a year and a half on one project and say it didn’t work, and you’ve paid me for a year and a half, that’s a very different comparison. That’s something I’m very excited about is the cost of failure of a bad idea is quickly going to zero.” 6:24
