(UB003) The co-founder of a company named by Forbes as the Next Billion Dollar Startup shares leadership insight. Featuring Matt Pfeil, co-founder @ Datastax

Matt Pfeil has grown his company from a start-up to one valued at more than 830 million dollars in less than six years. Listen in as Matt talks about the early days, the growth and the reason he stepped down as CEO and his current role as Chief Customer Officer. You'll learn: 

  • Why he founded Datastax

  • What he learned in the process

  • The pressure that caused him to step down as CEO

  • The advice he would have given himself 10 years ago

  • What he learned about employees and employee engagement from Rackspace

  • Hiring ambitious employees and watching them grow up and move out of your company

  • Matt's opinions on whether engagement belongs with the CEO or an engagement expert