Instacart

Tremendous scope of responsibility – you can have as much impact as you're capable of generating.

Colleagues are very humble, smart, and well-intentioned.

The opportunity we're pursuing is enormous. We are already the market leader with hundreds of millions still in our war chest and vast scope for expansion. We're solving a problem that affects nearly every human.

Teams have wide scope and hiring is behind schedule.

Stock options in a pre-IPO company are probably money later, not definitely money now.

Some lack of clarity on what the management team will look like in 6-12 months.

We've hired too slowly, but that beats erring in the other direction. Don't overcorrect too much, and be especially careful with the new management hires.

Also, great to see a much-increased focus on shopper experience lately.