20VC: Live at Slush with Miki Kuusi
summary
Founding moment traces to university in 2009 and a 2011–2014 build that turns the thesis “take local city services online” into Wolt scaling from a handful to ~550 in product/engineering and ultimately ~7,000 people; culture choices include trust over safety, giving stock options widely, sharing data broadly, celebrating killed projects, and hiring rising stars not just proven winners; growth decisions culminate in a sale to DoorDash where the claim is joint scale unlocks things solo cannot.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00The founding of Wolt
- 1:44The myth of the superhero CEO
- 4:00Building teams, not families
- 6:11Handling mistakes and trust
- 7:55Compensation and culture
- 10:47Small actions drive culture
- 12:54Hiring and talent strategy
- 16:42Overcoming leadership hurdles
- 21:08Transparency with the team
- 22:57Quick-fire lessons
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