Join us for an intimate conversation with Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO and current advisor at Stripe, on her fantastic new book, Scaling People, a practical and empathetic guide to company building and scaling the most important resource a company has: its people.

Drawing on nearly two decades of experience as a top executive at Stripe and Google, Claire offers actionable insights for Founders, CEOs, COOs and startup builders on crafting the systems and foundational elements for building healthy, high performing and high growth organizations.

Moderated by Ann Bordetsky, Partner at NEA, former COO of Rival and Business Development Exec at Uber.

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Claire Hughes Johnson is a corporate officer and advisor at Stripe. Previously, she was chief operating officer at Stripe from 2014 to 2021, helping the company grow from fewer than 200 employees to more than 8,000. At various times, she led business operations, sales, marketing, customer support, risk, real estate, and all of the people functions, including recruiting and HR. Prior to Stripe, she spent 10 years at Google leading business teams, including overseeing aspects of Gmail, Google Apps, and consumer operations, as well as serving as a vice president for AdWords, Google Offers, and Google’s self-driving car project. She serves on the boards of Ameresco, the Atlantic, Aurora Innovation, and HubSpot, and is a trustee and current board president of Milton Academy. She lives outside of Boston with her husband, two children, and two neurotic dachshunds.

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Conversation begins at 4pm

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