In this interview excerpt, Speaker A describes the challenge of keeping a team inspired while being forced to halve everyone's salaries. Speaker B acknowledges the necessity of the cuts, expressing confidence that the company can survive only by making such sacrifices. The conversation probes the leadership mindset behind the decision, asking what prompted the salary reductions and how the leader justified them to the team.
I had a whole team that I had to keep inspired and motivated, and there was a point early on where I had to cut everyone's salary in half.
Yeah, yeah. And, uh, and I was like, yo, like, I know, I know we can do this, this is how we're gonna do it, but we're not gonna survive unless we, you know, cut these.
You made the decision, and then from that leadership perspective, did that come from a walk? Like, what made you decide, hey, we need to cut salaries?
Well, it was a lot of reflection, a lot of looking at numbers, you know. I had a, I had a really good team, good CFO, good COO. Like, We just were like, "This is the only way we're gonna survive."
How to track independant creators' performance for the products you're selling
