If leadership feels like you’re constantly having to make trade-offs… you’re probably doing it right. Jennifer Smith, CEO & co-founder of productivity software platform @Scribe, shares this insight and more in my latest CEO Rapidfire Q&A. Check it out:

We’re gearing up for another {unscripted} roadshow and I’d like to invite anyone to join who’s interested in hearing directly from me and the @harnessio team on the future of software delivery. We’ll be visiting Columbus, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, New York and

In enterprise tech, one or two great products can take you to $100M ARR. But how do you cross the $1B ARR milestone? . This has been our goal at @harnessio from Day 1, and something we're moving steadily toward. The most important element here is that reaching $1B+ ARR requires a.

When I talk with other CEOs, they’re always surprised to learn the massive amount of money wasted on cloud spend. Large orgs spend tens of millions every year on cloud costs, and up to 50% of that is wasted. That’s why I think the theme of this year’s FinOps Summit at

Next up on my CEO Rapidfire Q&A is @AndrejSafundzic, CEO of autonomous identity platform Lumos:. - He believes in trusting action over doubt.- Thinks that changing the world through innovation is a gift.- And says leaders have to evolve like a Pokémon.

One thing so many founders misunderstand: leading a company isn't about being right all the time. It's about knowing when you're wrong. This kind of brutal honesty about what’s working and what’s not is hard, but it's the only way forward. When I started @traceableai, we got.

I think it surprises some people how “old-school” software incident response is at most companies. Right now, when there’s an outage or threat, it's like a house on fire. The whole process is messy and unpredictable. Agentic AI is about to change that:

Next up on my CEO Rapidfire Q&A: @decagon CEO @thejessezhang, who talks about:. - The power of aggressive prioritization.- Relentlessness as a key leadership trait.- And why storytelling is a critical soft skill in business and life. Read more:

This is a challenge so many scale-up CEOs I know struggle with: "I'm suddenly the last person to hear about bad news.". This is especially true at companies that are growing fast. At AppDynamics, one of our board members used to say that you know a company is getting bigger when.

RT @harnessio: 🚨 {unscripted} is back — and it’s bigger than ever!. You can expect to learn about: .✨ The role of AI in software delivery.….

What’s next for DevOps? For software developers, big opportunities lie ahead — but so do growing threats. From integrating security into the developer pipeline to AI-powered cloud cost management tools, here are some trends I’m keeping an eye on:

The most important part of my day, almost every day, as CEO: talking directly to customers. Why? . Customers don't have an agenda, they’ll tell you exactly what they think: “Your product isn’t solving our problem,” or “Why should we switch to you?” That kind of feedback is hard.

Looking forward to speaking at #TiEcon2025 on May 2 where I’ll be giving a keynote “From Startup to Scale in the AI Era.”. I’ll touch on opportunities for AI startups, challenges and how to stay focused on providing value. If you’re thinking of going, use my promo code SPEAKER.

I think it surprises some people how “old-school” software incident response is at most companies. The whole process is often messy and unpredictable - hours (or days) ticking away while engineers race to pinpoint problems. But agentic AI is about to change that. Here’s why:.

RT @Inc: Agentic AI can help dev teams pinpoint and fix outage problems faster. @harnessio @jyotibansalsf #IncMasters .

Next up on CEO Rapidfire: Linda Tong @YayLT, CEO of @webflow. - She believes in the power in being unapologetically authentic.- Understands that leadership is about making hard calls.- And thinks reading people is a key soft skill in life. Read more:

RT @NYSE: .@harnessio and @traceableai are merging to form a brand new platform in DevSecOps 🤝 CEO @jyotibansalsf joins #TakingStock to dis….

Thank you for having me @jonfortt!.

This is a mistake that I often see first-time founders make when hiring their first few sales reps (it's one that I made, too): they hire a sales rep claiming to have a "big rolodex" of customer contacts. It feels like a shortcut to quick wins, but it rarely works long-term.

What’s next for DevOps? For software developers, big opportunities lie ahead — but so do growing threats. From integrating security into the developer pipeline to AI-powered cloud cost management tools, here are some trends I’m keeping an eye on: