Featured Interview · Leadership
Marcus Holloway built Stratus Cloud Systems from a two-person startup to a 900-person company in six years. He talks about the psychological cost of hypergrowth, the leadership mistakes he'd undo, and why he almost walked away from the company he created.
On the calculated bet that reshaped the company's engineering organization and cost them twelve months of product velocity.
The rituals, hiring principles, and deliberate slowdowns that kept culture intact through three funding rounds.
How investor psychology, narrative framing, and the timing of bad news can make or break a Series C conversation.