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From Startup to ExitBest of 2024: From Startup to ExitSend us a text2024 has been an incredible year for TiE Seattle’s From Startup to Exit podcast – featuring inspiring conversations with entrepreneurial leaders, innovators, and changemakers. As the year ends, we’re excited to share the Top 4 Episodes of 2024 that you don’t want to miss!The Founding of OfferUp - Nick Huzar: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2234096/episodes/13413716The Founding of Rover & the Vision Behind Pioneer Square Labs - Greg Gottesman: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2234096/episodes/13615903Mega-Successful Exits: Chronus & Ally.io - Vetri Vellore: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2234096/episodes/13899931Deve...
2024-12-291h 04
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2024-03-081h 59
ASCEND PodcastEP 04: Excellence at Scale with Vetri Vellore: From Building Allys to Entrepreneurial SuccessWe got to sit down with Vetri Vellore, Founder at Ally.io (Acq by Microsoft), for this podcast, diving into many questions that are top of mind for founders.
Vetri Vellore is an accomplished entrepreneur with two exits to date. His most recent exit was in 2021 when Microsoft acquired Ally.io, and he became corporate vice president in charge of building Microsoft's Viva Goals.
Before founding Ally, Vetri co-founded Chronus, which was later acquired by private equity. In addition to his business ventures, Vetri is the author of "OKRs for All," a book that received en...
2024-01-1327 minFrom Startup to ExitThe story of mega-successful exits with Chronus and Ally.io, A conversation with Seattle serial entrepreneur Vetri VelloreSend us a textWhen Vetri Vellore was given the responsibility to turn around the Systems Management Server business at Microsoft, it was a failing business. In fact, at a business review, Bill Gates famously threw his deck back to him telling him to shut down the business. But Vetri persisted and completely turned it around. Soon Vetri embarked on a remarkable entrepreneurial journey where he successfully started and exited two businesses - Chronus which was a mentoring platform and Ally.io which was a platform for managing OKRs (Obejectives and Key Results). Vetri bootstrapped his first...
2023-11-0347 min
Step Inside The Thrilling Full Audiobook Experience!OKRs for All by Vetri VellorePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/97531to listen full audiobooks.
Title: OKRs for All
Author: Vetri Vellore
Narrator: Lee Goettl
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 01-10-23
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Project Management
Publisher's Summary:
The spiritual successor to KPIs (key performance indicators), OKRs, or objectives and key results, are rapidly gaining popularity and helping some of the world's most successful businesses solve their strategic execution problems. However, some companies struggle with their implementation, finding that using OKRs as top-down directives changes little. In OKRs for All, Objectives and Key Results (OKR) expert Vetri Vellore...
2023-01-106h 48
The Intrazone by Microsoft 365Get your OKRs on with Viva GoalsGo behind the scenes with the solution that aligns teams to your organization's strategic priorities, driving results and a thriving business. On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with Lucy Hitz (product marketing for Viva Goals) and Kevin Shively (Vice President of marketing for Viva Goals) to celebrate the general availability (GA) for Viva Goals (8/1/2022). We chat about important aspects of product design and development from the acquisition of Ally.io into its evolution as "Viva Goals" within the Microsoft Viva family offered through Microsoft 365, experienced as an app in Microsoft Teams. And we cover how Goals supports visibility...
2022-08-0155 min
SaaSBoomiBeing an Ally who brings purpose, happiness and productivity to work via OKRsVetri Vellore is a seasoned entrepreneur. After his 14 years career with Microsoft, Vetri Vellore started Chronus, an enterprise mentoring platform which got acquired by a PE firm. He later started Ally, an OKR software provider, which he scaled from a team of 15 to 250+ in 2 years, helping 1000s of customers in bringing purpose, focus and happiness to work and unleash productivity gains of 2x to 4x. Ally had raised series C funding and and was on the path to scale up when Microsoft approached them, resulting in an acquisition that yielded great results for team members and investors. T...
2022-05-191h 18
WorkLabMicrosoft's Vetri Vellore on how to help employees see their impactWhat motivates people to do their best work? It helps to understand how their contributions fit into their organizations' greater goals or purpose. Vetri Vellore, a Microsoft corporate vice president, explains how objectives and key results, or OKRs, can help forge that sense of connection—especially in hybrid work. WorkLab Episode link WorkLab Microsoft 365 blog post Microsoft Viva goals
2022-05-1814 min
Giant Talk: The World‘s First OKR PodcastS6: E11 How changing environments are impacting productivity and prioritisationFor this exciting episode we're delighted to be joined by our own head giant, Roger Longden, alongside CEO of Ally, Vetri Vellore. Host Lawrence dives into the conversation about how changing environments are impacting productivity and prioritisation within the workplace How can hybrid and remote working interplay with OKRs?
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2021-09-2749 min
Startup SeattleVetri Vellore of Ally on OKRs, Nature of work Trends, sparking culture changeVetri Vellore is a second time entrepreneur and is the Founder and CEO of Ally.io. They offer an OKR platform for enterprises. In this episode, hear Vetri share his thoughts on
Recent Trends in the nature of work in companies, small and large
How OKR's (Objectives and Key Results) differ from other goal setting systems
Sparking a culture change in companies
Early Surprises for Ally
Is there a bear case for distributed development?
Advice for someone wanting to start their own business
& more…
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2021-03-1440 min
Built in Seattle with Adam SchoenfeldVetri Vellore (Ally.io CEO) on context over control, betting on human potential, and finding an uncommon insightOn this episode of The Built in Seattle Podcast, I talked with Vetri Vellore, CEO & Founder at Ally (ally.io).For extras from this interview, subscribe to my weekly emailEpisode HighlightsWhat really matters in the long-term and why it's easy to lose track.Why messing up values is hard to fix later.The tactics of values. How he builds values into every part of the operations.Why context matters more than control when setting goals.How a book from 20 years ago planted the seed for Ally today.Why the job of CEO i...
2020-08-2740 min
SeedToScale | Curated by AccelINSIGHTS #55 - Vetri Vellore on using OKRs to build a resilient and agile businessIn this episode, we hear from Vetri on what OKRs are, how they are different from other goal-setting frameworks, how businesses can go about adopting them, and some common challenges and pitfalls to be careful about.To learn more about how you can adopt OKRs as a powerful tool in your organization to increase alignment and engagement around achieving goals, tune in to the latest episode of the Insights Podcast by Accel.Listen hereSpotify Soundcloud Apple Podcasts
2020-07-3138 min