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Freshworks CEO Woodside shares career lessons on embracing challenges

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Dennis Woodside, the current CEO of Freshworks, shared insights from his diverse career at the Fortune COO Summit. Woodside, who has held significant roles at companies like Google, Motorola, Dropbox, and Impossible Foods, emphasized a philosophy of embracing challenging opportunities rather than adhering to a rigid career plan. He also highlighted the importance of explicitly communicating CEO aspirations to boards and mentors to facilitate career progression. AI

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Freshworks CEO Woodside shares career lessons on embracing challenges

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    This CEO has had 6 major jobs in Silicon Valley: How Dennis Woodside built a career on saying yes to hard problems

    Dennis Woodside sold Motorola to Lenovo—and accidentally sold himself out of a job. Now he runs a $2.65 billion software company.

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