Yuav ua li cas Atlassian tus dual-CEO qauv tau pab lub tuam txhab vam meej

Nyob rau hauv lub lim tiam no, CNBC saib xyuas cov tuam txhab uas tau tsim cov npe Disruptor inaugural 50, 10 xyoo tom qab.

Thaum lub Peb Hlis Ntuj, kev sib koom tes software tsim Atlassian luam tawm a blog ncej lub npe, "Atlassian sawv nrog Ukraine," nteg tawm lub tuam txhab cov phiaj xwm los txhawb cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg siv khoom hauv cheeb tsam thiab tshaj tawm tias nws yog "tso kev muag tag nrho cov software tshiab rau Russia."

Cov ntawv tshaj tawm tau kos npe los ntawm co-CEOs Scott Farquhar thiab Mike Cannon-Brookes. Lawv rov qab mus rau cov ntsiab lus thiab cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb. Tab sis Farquhar tau ua haujlwm feem ntau, tso tawm Cannon-Brookes.

Qhov ntawd yog ib qho ntawm ntau qhov yooj yim ntawm kev khaws ob tus neeg nyob rau saum lub tuam txhab. Cov qauv atypical tau pab txhawb nqa Australians 20-xyoo-laus ruaj khov rau hauv qib siab ntawm kev sib tw software kev lag luam, nrog cov khoom lag luam paub zoo tias cov tuam txhab loj yuav pom tias nws nyuaj rau txav mus.

Hauv 2013, Atlassian tsaws ntawm CNBC's Inaugural Disruptor 50 daim ntawv teev npe ntawm cov tuam txhab ntiag tug tsim nyog saib, ua ntej nws 2015 Nasdaq debut. Cov Tshuag tau nce yuav luag 1,000% txij thaum ntawd los, piv nrog 124% kev loj hlob rau S&P 500 nyob rau tib lub sijhawm.

Cov duo tau ua haujlwm ib yam ntawm tib lub tuam txhab tau 20 xyoo, lawv yug tau ib hlis sib nrug, lawv tau los ua niam txiv sib nrug peb lub hlis, lawv yog txiv neej zoo tshaj plaws ntawm ib leeg tshoob, thiab lawv muaj vaj tse nyob ib sab ntawm Sydney. Farquhar tau hais tias "Peb cov ntawv cog lus yog TEAM, thiab yog li, yog, yog qhov peb hais txog," Farquhar tau hais.

Tab sis lawv yog neeg txawv. Cannon-Brookes yog ib tus neeg muaj plaub hau ntev ntev, uas tau los ua tus tswv ntawm pab pawg ntaus pob hauv Asmeskas thiab tau sim coj los ntawm Australian lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob AGL Energy. Nws cov lus tau nchuav nrog kev qias neeg. Farquhar huv si thiab ceev faj thaum nws hais lus. Cov neeg ua lag luam thaum ntxov Rich Wong ntawm Accel hu Farquhar ntau qhov kev tshuaj xyuas.

Farquhar tau hais tias "Mike yog ib tus txiv neej uas tsis tsim nyog tsis tsim nyog." “'Lub ntiaj teb yuav tsum ua li no.' 'Mike, nws tseem tsis tau.'

Farquhar thiab Cannon-Brookes tau los ua phooj ywg thaum xyoo 1990s tom qab kawm tib yam hauv University of New South Wales. Cov npuas thev naus laus zis tau tawg nyob ib puag ncig lub sijhawm lawv kawm tiav, thiab ntsib txoj haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg, lawv tsim kev lag luam. Thaum xub thawj nws muaj kev txhawb nqa rau lwm lub tuam txhab daim ntawv thov server. Tom qab ntawd nws hloov cov kev taw qhia thiab pib tsim nws tus kheej software. Thawj version ntawm Jira, ib qho cuab yeej rau kev taug qab cov teeb meem thiab cov haujlwm, tau tshwm sim hauv 2002.

Nyob rau hauv li tsib xyoos, ntau Accel-backed start-ups tau txais Jira. Wong hais tias "Nws twb yog tus qauv uas koj yuav tsum tau ua ke nrog koj cov software," Wong hais. Lub tuam txhab nthuav dav nws cov ntaub ntawv nrog rau xyoo 2004 tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv-kev pabcuam kev sib koom tes Confluence thiab xyoo 2012 tau los ntawm pab pawg xa xov app HipChat. Raws li txoj kev, Atlassian tau tso tawm cov qauv ntawm Jira rau ntau hom neeg ua haujlwm.

Niaj hnub no Jira yog tus thawj coj ua lag luam, hla nws cov xwm txheej zoo li Silicon Valley darling thiab hla hnyav hnyav nrog ntau xyoo ntawm kev muag khoom rau cov lag luam. Atlassian tswj hwm feem ntau dua li lwm lub tuam txhab hauv kev ua lag luam rau kev hloov pauv software, teeb tsa thiab txheej txheem tswj cov cuab yeej hauv 2020, ua ntej Microsoft, IBM thiab BroadcomRaws li kev kwv yees los ntawm tus kws tshawb fawb IDC. Atlassian cov nyiaj tau los hauv kev ua lag luam tau nce txog 22% xyoo dhau los, sai dua li tag nrho cov qeb, uas nthuav dav yuav luag 15% txog $ 4.8 billion, raws li IDC cov ntaub ntawv.

Ib feem ntawm lub zog yog muab los ntawm cov programmer tau sim tawm Atlassian's software dawb ua ntej lawv them rau nws. Lub tswv yim rov qab mus rau tus tsim.

Farquhar tau hais tias "Peb qhov kev cuam tshuam rau software pib nrog tej yam xws li kev ua si," Farquhar tau hais. "Thaum ntawd, kev ua si muaj cov qauv lag luam sib txawv. Koj tuaj yeem yuav koj cov PlayStation sawv daws yuav luv-pob. Yog koj saib ID Software, lawv tuaj tawm nrog tus qauv shareware, yam sim ua ntej koj yuav. Peb xav tias yog txoj hauv kev zoo los muag software, vim tias koj xav sim ua ntej koj yuav. Ntawm kua ntoo, tsis muaj kev sim. Koj pom nws zoo li cas, vim nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev los ua nws. " (SAP muab free trials rau qee yam ntawm nws cov khoom.)

Atlassian yog thawj lossis ntxov heev los muag software nrog kev pub dawb, Farquhar tau hais, ntxiv tias huab sib faib cov ntaub ntawv app tsim Dropbox ua kom nws nrov dua. Thiab nyob rau xyoo 1990s Red Hat, uas IBM tom qab tau txais, muab cov CDs uas muaj nws qhov kev faib tawm ntawm qhov qhib Linux operating system thiab tso cai rau tib neeg rub tawm nws dawb.

Tsis muaj ib pawg ntawm cov nyiaj los ntawm venture capitalists rau nws thawj yim xyoo, Atlassian hla txoj kev cai ntawm kev sib sau ua ke ib pab tub rog ntawm cov neeg muag khoom kom tau qhab nia deals. Tam sim no, txawm li cas los xij, muaj ob peb tus neeg ua haujlwm uas nrhiav kev xaiv ua lag luam, Farquhar tau hais.

Kev tsom xyuas tsawg dua ntawm kev muag khoom nyuaj thiab ntau ntxiv ntawm kev xa cov khoom lag luam uas tib neeg xav siv tau ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig nyiaj txiag zoo. Atlassian txaus siab rau qhov thib tsib qhov dav tshaj plaws ntawm tag nrho 76 tus neeg sawv cev ntawm WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund, ntawm 83%.

Cov xwm txheej ntawd tau ntes cov neeg ua lag luam.

"Nyob rau hauv kuv keeb kwm ntawm 33 xyoo ntawm kev ua qhov no, kuv tau pom ntau tshaj li ib tug puv tes ntawm tuam txhab uas muag uas tau sim ua nws yam tsis muaj ib tug sab hauv salesforce, los yog ib tug sab nrauv salesforce, ib yam nkaus thiab. Qhov uas kuv xav hais txog Atlassian yog lawv ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm nws, "said Brendan Connaughton, tus tsim thiab tswj tus khub ntawm Catalyst Private Wealth, uas tuav $ 91 lab hauv Atlassian Tshuag ntawm qhov kawg ntawm 2021, nws txoj haujlwm loj tshaj plaws nyob rau lub sijhawm.

Zoo li ntau lwm cov khoom lag luam huab, Atlassian tsis muaj txiaj ntsig tiag tiag. Connaughton tau hais tias Cannon-Brookes thiab Farquhar yuav pom tias nws yooj yim dua los hloov Atlassian los ua tus tsim nyiaj tiag tiag dua li nws cov phooj ywg, ua tsaug rau nws pawg neeg muag khoom sib txawv.

Ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm Atlassian lub koom haum 7,000 tus neeg yog cov pab pawg uas tsim lub tuam txhab cov khoom lag luam. Engineering, khoom thiab tsim daim ntawv qhia rau Cannon-Brookes. Farquhar saib xyuas kev cai lij choj, tib neeg cov peev txheej, nyiaj txiag, kev muag khoom, kev lag luam thiab pab pawg neeg txhawb nqa. Farquhar tau hais tias "Kuv yog cov niam txiv yawg," Farquhar hais. "Kuv tso nws los nrog kev npau taws thiab kev qw."

Thaum lawv tham txog lub luag haujlwm, lawv xav txog ob qho tib si kev txawj ntse thiab kev lom zem. Koj tsis xav tau ib tus neeg ua haujlwm zoo tab sis tsis nyiam ua, thiab rov ua dua, Cannon-Brookes tau hais.

Kev lag luam thiab kev muag khoom tau tshaj tawm rau Cannon-Brookes rau 15 xyoo, thiab engineering ib zaug qhia rau Farquhar. Thiab lawv ob leeg tau khiav tag nrho lub tuam txhab ntawm lub sijhawm sib txawv. Lawv tau mus rau sabbaticals. Xyoo tas los Farquhar tau siv peb lub hlis mus rau caravan nrog tsev neeg nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Australia. Nws tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tau mus ncig tsis muaj neeg coob," nws hais. "Kuv xav tias lwm tus CEOs yuav tsum tau so haujlwm lossis tawm haujlwm kom thiaj li so tau ntev."

Cov qauv no tau pab txhawb Atlassian txoj kev vam meej, hais tias Gregg Moskowitz, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam ntawm Mizuho.

"Kuv xav tias nws tau pab, muaj ob tus thawj coj muaj zog nyob rau sab saum toj uas pom qhov muag ntawm qhov muag, yam tsawg kawg ntawm txhua qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb," nws hais. Lwm lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis tau ua haujlwm CEOs ua khub, suav nrog Autodesk, Ceridian, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP thiab Hnub Ua Haujlwm. Alphabet's autonomous-driving subsidiary Waymo tsis ntev los no mus rau co-CEO txoj kev.

Lub tswv yim muaj keeb kwm sib xyaw, Moskowitz tau hais, hais tias nws tsis ua haujlwm zoo ntawm txhua lub xov tooj tsim tawm. BlackBerry. Kev sib raug zoo ntawm co-CEOs Jim Balsillie thiab co-founder Mike Lazaridis "tau txias," raws li ib tus account, thiab ob tsiv dua.

Dab tsi txawv rau Atlassian yog Cannon-Brookes thiab Farquhar yog tus tsim, Wong, tus neeg ua lag luam Accel hais. Lawv txoj kev paub ua ke pab lawv txav nrawm dua, nws hais.

Wong tau taw qhia rau Atlassian 2017 tau txais kev ua haujlwm tswj app Trello rau $ 384 lab, tseem yog lub tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws deal rau hnub tim. Ntawm Trello nws yog ib qho kev poob siab, vim hais tias Atlassian's Jira tau pom tias yog tus neeg sib tw, hais tias Stella Garber, uas khiav lag luam ntawm Trello thaum lub sijhawm.

"Kuv xav tias nws tau txiav txim siab los ntawm cov tsim los hais tias, 'Kuv paub tias peb tuaj yeem tsim nws, tab sis nws yuav siv sij hawm peb, thiab nws yuav nthuav dav lub koom haum yog tias peb xaiv tam sim no thiab them dab tsi nws yuav tsum tau txais. ua tiav,' "Wong hais.

Thaum muaj teeb meem ntawm Cannon-Brookes 'turf, nws yog nws qhov kev txiav txim siab ua. Tab sis thaum nws yog ib yam dab tsi loj, nws sab laj nrog Farquhar, vim hais tias nws yuav luag yeej yuav cuam tshuam rau ob leeg. Muaj ntau cov piv txwv zoo li no nyob rau hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm lub tuam txhab tam sim no, thiab nws yog ntuj uas lawv divvy yam.

Cannon-Brookes tau hais tias "Kev kis thoob qhov txhia chaw thiab Russia thiab Ukraine - thaum lub sijhawm Sydney tab tom raug dej nyab," Cannon-Brookes tau hais. "Muab tag nrho ua ke, thiab muaj ntau yam uas koj yuav tsum tau ua nrog rau hauv kev loj hlob biz uas tsis yog cov khoom xwb."

Farquhar tau hais tias nws thiab Cannon-Brookes tau sib tham ntev txog yuav ua li cas nrog lawv pab pawg-messaging app Stride, uas tuaj txog xyoo 2017 raws li Slack thiab Microsoft Teams tau txais lub zog.

"Nws yog qhov txawv, qhov tseeb, vim tias txhua tus tau tham txog qhov zoo Slack zoo li cas. Peb tau siv Stride sab hauv, "Farquhar hais. “Cov khoom lag luam tau zoo dua. Qhov Slack yog amazing. Nws yeej tsis zoo li qhov peb muaj. Peb yuav tsum tau txiav txim siab. "

Thaum kawg, Atlassian kaw Stride thiab HipChat Huab thiab muag cov cuab yeej txawj ntse rau Slack. Nws kuj tau yuav ib qho kev ncaj ncees nyob rau hauv Slack, uas tau nce nqi raws li Slack Tshuag tshwm sim ntawm New York Stock Exchange hauv 2019.

Thaum Cannon-Brookes thiab Farquhar tseem yau, lawv tuaj yeem kaw lub qhov rooj thiab sib tham txog kev kub ntxhov, thiab kev lom zem lawv tuaj yeem caij tsheb kauj vab lossis haus npias ua ke. Tus kab mob kis thoob qhov txhia chaw txwv tsis pub lawv pom ib leeg ntawm tib neeg ntau zaus. Lawv tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm kev sib txuas ntawm Zoom, Farquhar tau hais.

Cannon-Brookes tsis tas yuav zaws qhov nws hais rau Farquhar. Yog tsis muaj kev tshoov siab, nws xav txog yuav ua li cas yog tias Farquhar yuav tawm mus.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv yuav piav qhia txhua yam, uas yuav zoo li kuv tab tom tham nrog ib tus neeg," nws hais. "'Lub tswv yim zoo, tab sis cia kuv qhia koj tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv 2012."