COO Archives

Advice from Rachel Pachivas, COO of Annmarie Skin Care

In episode three of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Rachel Pachivas, COO of Annmarie Skin Care. Rachel’s Background When Rachel began working with the company in 2012, she was the third employee, meaning she has been with Annmarie virtually...

Advice from Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify

In episode three of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify. Harley’s Background Harley Finkelstein is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He’s also best known as the Chief Operating...

Advice from Erik Church, COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

In episode three of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Erik Church, COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. Here are some of the highlights… Erik’s Background Erik joined 1800-GOT-JUNK? in November, 2011. As COO, his responsibility is to translate the...

Advice from Tony Cappaert, COO of Contactually

In episode two of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Tony Cappaert, COO of Contactually. Tony’s Background Tony started his career in more of a technical role, as Product Manager at Microsoft where he built and designed features, as well as an...

How to Successfully Map Out Your Hiring Process

Several years ago, I was mentoring Jason Lew, one of my clients who lived in Boston and was growing chain of bilingual preschools called Pine Village Preschool. He needed to hire twelve new teachers by the end of August. In our discussion I asked these questions about...