Front CEO and co-founder Mathilde Collin explains how practicing extreme transparency has helped her build trust at a company level — and why self-awareness is the most important quality she looks for in leaders. She also shares a two-minute productivity exercise called the “Zone of Genius,” which helps you focus on doing things you truly enjoy.
Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front, a customer communication hub that allows companies to offer high-touch experiences at scale. Front serves more than 6,500 businesses and has raised $138 million in venture funding from Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures and Uncork Capital, as well as executives from Atlassian, Okta, Qualtrics, and Zoom. Mathilde is known for her values-driven leadership style and for championing top-down radical transparency. Before founding Front and moving to San Francisco for Y Combinator in 2014, she received a Master’s degree at HEC School of Management. Mathilde mentors aspiring entrepreneurs through All Raise’s Female Founders Office Hours and the Pioneer Fund. She has been recognized in Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups, Inc. Female Founders and Forbes 30 Under 30: Enterprise Tech.
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