I wanted to build something that would make it easier for businesses to grow.

Take us through a recent workday:

Up early for an investor presentation in the morning.

Into the office for our weekly all-hands meeting.

As you might imagine, the format varies greatly.

Were hiring and nearly always introducing new additions to the team.

Left at 5 to pick up my son from school.

What apps, gadgets, or tools cant you live without?

Whats your workspace setup like?

Justworks is growing, so we actually just moved offices this year.

Were now in the Starrett-Lehigh building in NYC.

Whats your best shortcut or life hack?

As I mentioned, Im big on texting for urgent issues.

Take us through an interesting, unusual, or finicky process you have in place at work.

We have a highly structured weekly leadership team meeting where leaders propose big decisions through written memos.

We have a pretty firm protocol for these meetingsno memo, no decision.

This standard has improved the quality of our thinking tenfold.

I am extremely lucky to have such a strong team surrounding me.

Each of my VPs has a superpower, and I rely on them heavily to fire off the company.

How do you keep track of what you have to do?

I keep it simple.

I usually have a running list in Microsoft Word of all the things I need to handle.

Outside of that list, I email myself reminders of things that come up when Im meeting with people.

How do you recharge or take a break?

and getting through email.

Aside from that, I really attempt to use my weekends to recharge.

I also give a shot to get away a few times a year and shut off my email entirely.

I did this recently and took my son to Scotland for a week, which was awesome.

Whats your favorite side project?

What are you currently reading, or what do you recommend?

I recommendPeopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, by Tom DeMarco.

Its a great book about leading teams of engineers.

Who else would you like to see answer these questions?

Whats the best advice youve ever received?

Swim in your lane.

Let your competitors take care of themselves.

Whats a problem youre still trying to solve?

Justworks has been growing fast.

This is extremely exciting, but with fast external growth comes a new set of internal challenges.

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