#159 CEO 1Password, Jeff Shiner: Chief Eliminator of Obstacles
Grit9 Okt 2023

#159 CEO 1Password, Jeff Shiner: Chief Eliminator of Obstacles

Guest: Jeff Shiner, CEO of 1Password

Far from the Silicon Valley bubble, in Waterloo, Ontario, they try to do things a bit differently, says 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner. “Our mantra has been, build a good product, support the heck out of your customers,” he says. Some businesses and VCs in the Valley, he argues, don’t draw enough of a distinction between customers and users, spending all their time chasing the latter. For many years, the whole team at 1Password — including the co-founders — would try to empty out the customer support queue every day. If the company hadn’t waited 14 years to raise outside funding, Jeff says, it would have been a lot harder to listen to them and build the best product.

In this episode, Jeff and Joubin discuss PowerPoint slides, LEGO sorting, early computers, artificial general intelligence, e-commerce, users vs. customers, loss of control, outsourcing, managers and team leads, OKRs, password schemes, Polish food, Ryan Reynolds, and live TV hits.


In this episode, we cover:

  • Abnormal sleeping patterns (02:39)
  • “Playing farmer” (05:00)
  • Running and competition (07:05)
  • Fear of failure & the speed of technology (10:14)
  • Jeff’s pre-1Password jobs (14:46)
  • The Silicon Valley bubble (17:05)
  • Raising $920 million (19:47)
  • Hiring after the signals (23:44)
  • Chief Eliminator of Obstacles (30:52)
  • “We need to do less” (33:32)
  • Could 1Password have grown differently? (38:22)
  • 1Password vs. the competition (41:43)
  • Customer Support Monday (43:57)
  • Hiring by doubling (46:23)
  • Thinking about exits (49:16)
  • Imposter syndrome (54:29)
  • “Do I have any real skills left?” (57:04)
  • Speed and confidence (59:26)
  • Who 1Password is hiring and what “grit” means to Jeff (01:03:02)

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