Tattoos to Tech: Larissa Licha’s Mission to Bridge R&D and CS as CEO of Joyn | Episode 072

The Digital CX Podcast: Driving digital customer success and outcomes in the age of A.I.

Larissa Licha, co-founder and CEO of Joyn, discusses the challenges of cross-department collaboration between customer-facing teams and R&D, particularly in fast-growing tech companies. She also shares insights from her entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing the need for flexibility in product development and the role of AI in optimizing business processes and decision-making.
Also, congrats to Larissa and team for becoming part of the CS Angel community by securing a seed round!

Chapters:
02:12 - Larissa’s journey from tattoo artist to tech founder
09:50 - Challenges of scaling at a growing company
14:53 - Founding Joyn to solve cross-department collaboration
17:26 - R&D and customer team misalignment
21:20 - Executives and the unseen cost of simple asks
24:06 - The buffer role between teams and executives
26:17 - Joyn’s role in connecting data and bridging gaps
35:01 - Meeting customers where they work
38:51 - AI as an aggregator of business information
41:23 - Ethical AI concerns in the race to innovate
45:15 - AI becoming a cost of doing business

Enjoy! I know I sure did…

Larissa’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissa-licha-0441738b/
Joyn: https://www.joyn.one/

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Fejezetek

1. Tattoos to Tech: Larissa Licha’s Mission to Bridge R&D and CS as CEO of Joyn | Episode 072 (00:00:00)

2. Tattoo Artist to Tech Executive Journey (00:00:31)

3. Streamlining Collaboration in Tech Companies (00:14:10)

4. Improving Executive Team Collaboration Efficiency (00:21:46)

5. Navigating Early-Stage Customer Relationships (00:29:32)

6. Navigating AI Ethics and Data Integration (00:37:25)

7. Shouting Out Digital Leaders (00:49:16)