Morgan Brown (VP of Growth at Shopify, ex Product at Facebook)

04/26/22 • 50 min

Morgan Brown is Vice President of Growth at Shopify. Prior to working at Shopify, he was Director of Product Management at Facebook and Chief Operating Officer of Inman News.

In today’s episode, Morgan walks through different phases of his career. He emphasizes how to be comfortable with change, what he learned from Facebook’s product development framework, and how to nail performance marketing. He even gave us some advice on how to launch this podcast.

Morgan’s intelligence is rivaled only by his empathy. We’re grateful to have had the chance to chat with him. Adam Gelman, On Deck’s SVP of Revenue, joined me in this episode as a guest co-host. We hope you enjoy.

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Morgan Brown is Vice President of Growth at Shopify. Prior to working at Shopify, he was Director of Product Management at Facebook and Chief Operating Officer of Inman News.

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

Check out the On Deck job board

Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:
Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Featuring guest: @morganb
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck

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Annie Lin (Chief People Officer at Swiftly, ex VP of People at Lever)

Annie Lin is the incoming Chief People Officer at Swiftly after a successful stint as VP of People at Lever. Prior to working at Lever, Annie spent time at Apple, Uber, General Assembly, HotelTonight and the Wikimedia foundation.

In this episode, Annie shares her thoughts on how the People function has evolved. She provides tips on how to align HR and recruiting so that they operate as one team, how to make sure employees feel a sense of purpose, and how to pull the secret Levers of the lever product to attract top percentile employees.

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

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Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck

Next Episode

Katie Stanton (Founder at Moxie Ventures, ex VP of Global Media/International at Twitter)

Katie Stanton is founder and general partner of Moxxie Ventures after an illustrious career ranging from politics to genetics. She has held leading operating roles as a VP at Twitter, Chief Marketing Officer at Color Genomics, and Principal at Google. She has also held positions at the Obama White House and Clinton State Department.

In this episode, Katie shares playbooks for understanding market development, creating content flywheels, and how to think about career choices.

Katie was a 10/10 guest and we hope to have her back soon.

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

Check out the On Deck job board

Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:
Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Featuring guest: @KatieS
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck