Jade Francine is cofounder and COO of Paris-based lift maintenance startup WeMaintain. She’s always been super keen on gathering feedback from her team, and now that it’s 120 people strong across Paris, London and Singapore, she thinks it’s more important than ever to keep a pulse check. She told the Startup Life newsletter how he does that.
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