Secrets for Scaling

Secrets for Scaling


How Peter Reinhardt scaled Segment to 130 employees by focusing on the long game

March 28, 2017

In this episode of Secrets for Scaling, we chatted with Peter Reinhardt, Co-Founder and CEO of Segment. Segment is a SaaS company helping thousands of companies collect and leverage their customer data. Here’s a quick company overview:

- Founder experience: 6 years
- Team size: 130 team members
- Traction: 4,000 customers
- Stage: Series B
- Company founded: 2012 (5 years old)

Having dropped out of college his junior year to start Segment, then scaling the company to 130 team members in five years, Peter has learned several tough lessons in his founder’s journey. He candidly shares his lessons in management, goal-setting, and values in the episode!