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The craft of the
executive office.

A podcast about the people who run the executive office at hyper-growth companies. The chiefs of staff, the executive assistants, the heads of operations — the function that holds it all together.

08 Episodes
Weekly Tuesdays
Boston Season I
A diverse group of executive assistants and chiefs of staff in conversation at a private EA Society dinner.
EA Society · Boston · Season I
What this show is
A candid moment at a private EA Society dinner.

The function exists at every company that scales. The craft is almost never written about. There is no canonical book. There is no industry conference of any consequence.

The community is private Slack groups, WhatsApp threads, and quiet meals between people doing the same impossible job at different companies.

Front Office is the first podcast designed for those people, and built from inside their reality.

The archive

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EP 0737 min
Opening a London Office in Forty Days
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Priya Vasanth
Chief of Staff · Linden Capital

Opening a London office in forty days.

Priya's founder told her on a Friday they were opening London. Six weeks later the office was open. She walks through the lease, the local payroll, the vendor stack she built from scratch.

EP 0639 min
The Founder on Four Continents This Month
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Evelyn Senn
Head of Operations · Crux Climate

The founder on four continents this month.

Evelyn manages the operating cadence for a climate founder who is on four continents this month. Eight time zones. Three boards. Systems built when nobody told her to.

EP 0534 min
When the IR Head Arrives
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Camille Rouvier
EA to the CEO · Halberd Therapeutics

When the IR head arrives.

Camille's CEO just hired the company's first Head of Investor Relations. The handoff is six months of work disappearing from her desk and reappearing on someone else's.

EP 0442 min
Ninety Days After the Series B
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Tatum Glass
Chief of Staff · Sable AI

Ninety days after the Series B.

Tatum's company closed an $80M Series B ninety days ago. Headcount doubled. The vendor stack she set up at thirty people is breaking at sixty. A clean read on a job outgrowing its first version.

EP 0338 min
Inside a Family Office
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Annika Vorhees
COO · Vorhees Family Office

Inside a family office.

Annika runs operations for a Boston-based principal who is also a board member at three public companies. Same cadence as a startup chief of staff, with three differences.

EP 0236 min
The Vendor Negotiator at the VC
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Jordan Mehta
Head of Portfolio Ops · Battery Ventures

The vendor negotiator at the VC.

Jordan's job is to negotiate vendor relationships on behalf of forty portfolio companies. What changes when you stop buying for one company and start buying for forty.

A small group in conversation at a private EA Society dinner.
The room behind the room.
Champagne being poured into a row of flutes at an EA Society dinner.
Twelve evenings a year.
An intimate moment at a private dinner.
Private rooms. Quiet meals.
The Front Office Briefing

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