The Retail X Series Podcast
Are you an early stage founder revolutionizing the future of retail? Then you’re in the right place. My name is Sapna Shah and I’m an angel investor investing at the preseed stage in retail tech, ecommerce, marketplaces and consumer. I’m also the founder of Retail X Series, an ecosystem to help early-stage founders in the retail sector. Retail X Series includes events, a YouTube channel, a Slack community, resources for founders, and this podcast. In this podcast, I interview founders, investors and experts in the retail space, and we dig deep into the tactics around key topics that early-stage founders want to hear about. Welcome to the Retail X podcast.
The Retail X Series Podcast
How to Institute a 4-Day Workweek at a Startup, Featuring Matt Hornbuckle of Stantt
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Sapna Shah
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Episode 44
How can a startup with a small, lean team institute a 4-day workweek? Especially one that has customer service at its core? Matt Hornbuckle, co-founder of Stantt, talks about how Stantt implemented a 4-day work week and what needed to change at his company to make it successful.
Topics:
- How Stantt started the 4-day workweek as a trial
- Why getting the team involved from the beginning was crucial
- How Stantt set expectations with the team
- What else need to change to make the 4-day workweek a success
- How the team manages customer service on Fridays
- When and why the company goes back to a 5-day workweek temporarily
- How Stantt is measuring success of the program
- Why Matt wishes they had done this sooner
Music by Eino Toivanen, kongano.com
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