Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes is an Australian billionaire businessman who co-founded and serves as the chief executive officer of Atlassian, a collaboration software company. He co-founded Atlassian with Scott Farquhar in 2002, and the company is known for products such as Jira. He is also a technology investor and climate advocate, having pledged to donate and invest $1.5 billion in climate projects by 2030 through his private investment vehicle Grok Ventures.
“Whenever I see the base getting overly monetized or harvest, if nothing else, it's a sign of stress in the organization because no one really, no founder wants to do that.”
Source→“If you produce, you'll get rewarded, right?... I named Atlassian. And honestly, two months ago, I felt like an idiot. It was still not, I thought he'd pull it off, but it wasn't there. And then obviously they nailed it. They got the growth and the stock jumped.”
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