#040 – Learning How to Be a Successful Founder with Spenser Skates

Synopsis

Spenser Skates, CEO of Amplitude, explains how he deliberately prepared to become a founder — internships, learning, networking — and then built a product-analytics business that grew to millions in revenue with around 100 employees. The focus is on the deliberate path to founding, not a building guide.

Ideas in this episode

• Product analytics SaaS for product teams

  Spenser Skates recounts his deliberate path to founding Amplitude and growing it to millions in revenue with ~100 employees.