Summary: Olivia Chen was most recently Head of Product at Faire. She joined Faire as their first ops/business hire. By the time she left four years later, Faire had grown to over 750 employees and Olivia was managing a cross-functional team of more than 60 people. <br><br>In this episode, we discussed how to build successful referral programs, how to grow a product team, how to navigate hyper-growth as an early-stage employee, and much more. <br><br>Andrew Yu, Director of On Deck’s Product Management Fellowship, joined as a guest co-host. We hope you enjoy. <br><br>--- <br><br>Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. <br><br>Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:<br>Hosted by: @eriktorenberg <br>Guest: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-chen-22b38960/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-chen-22b38960/</a><br>Guest co-host: @andrewcyu <br>Produced by: @jacksonsteger<br> Brought to you by: @beondeck
