Podcast appearances and mentions of danny lewin

Guest: Jay Parikh, CEO of LaceworkJay Parikh describes himself as a “stickler” for meetings that start and end on time, and holds himself to the same expectations as his workers. “It's just really important as a leader to set the standard for how everybody else should be respected,” the Lacework CEO says. “Too often in our industry, executives think that they can show up late, hold a meeting late, and everybody will adjust.” No one will complain, he says, to the person on top of the org chart when they are 10 minutes late, but they should: “I'm like, no, I disrespected 10 minutes of your time. So I take that really seriously.”In this episode, Jay and Joubin discuss non-traditional CEOs, surviving Facebook's early days, disrupting yourself, Akamai co-founder Danny Lewin, cultivating culture, applying restless energy, the loneliness of leaders, brushing your teeth, the love of the game, and being approachable.In this episode, we cover: The “S-curve of learning” (01:04) Finding new challenges (05:10) “Is this too big of a job?” (07:33) Intensity and zen (11:00) Jay's first jobs (15:07) Akamai's post-IPO pop and crash (16:31) 9/11 and Danny Lewin's legacy (19:56) Facebook's pivot to mobile (24:58) Managing morale when the share price drops (27:16) Learning from Mark Zuckerberg (30:13) Being on time (34:44) Security in the cloud (37:58) Leaving Facebook (40:01) What has surprised Jay about becoming a CEO (45:00) Hiring, onboarding, and unlocking people (49:34) Jay's favorite interview questions (54:34) Refusing to compromise on greatness (01:00:44) Balancing work and family (01:07:02) Who Lacework is hiring and what “grit” means to Jay (01:09:06) Links: Connect with Jay Twitter LinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins This episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

What I learned from reading Edison: A Biography by Matthew Josephson.--Support Founders' sponsors: Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by founders, investors, and executives. It's incredible what they're building. Try it for free by visiting Tegus.and Sam Hinkie's unique venture capital firm 87 Capital. If i was raising money and looking for a long term partner Sam is the first person I would call. If you are the kind of founder that we study on this podcast and you are looking for a long term partner go to 87capital.comand Get 60 days free of Readwise. It is the best app I pay for. I couldn't make Founders without it.—[8:00] Podcast starts [8:26] He had known how to gather interest, faith, and hope in the success of his projects.[9:31] I think of this episode as part 5 in a 5 part series that started on episode 263:#263 Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg.#264 Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos. #265 Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli#266 My Life and Work by Henry Ford.[11:20] Follow your natural drift. —Charlie Munger[11:54] Warren Buffett: “Bill Gates Sr. posed the question to the table: What factor did people feel was the most important in getting to where they'd gotten in life? And I said, ‘Focus.' And Bill said the same thing.” —Focus and Finding Your Favorite Problems by Frederik Gieschen[12:46] Focus! A simple thing to say and a nearly impossible thing to do over the long term.[15:51] We have a picture of the boy receiving blow after blow and learning that there was inexplicable cruelty and pain in this world.[19:49] He is working from the time the sun rises till 10 or 11 at night. He is 11 years old.[19:58] He reads the entire library. Every book. All of them.[21:52] At this point in history the telegraph is the leading edge of communication technology in the world.[23:01] My refuge was a Detroit public library. I started with the first book on the bottom shelf and went through the lot one by one. I did not read a few books. I read the library.[23:21] Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill GurleyBlake Robbins Notes on Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You LoveGreatness isn't random. It is earned. If you're going to research something, this is your lucky day. Information is freely available on the internet — that's the good news. The bad news is that you now have zero excuse for not being the most knowledgeable in any subject you want because it's right there at your fingertips.[29:00] Why his work on the telegraph was so important to everything that happened later in his life: The germs of many ideas and stratagems perfected by him in later years were implanted in his mind when he worked at the telegraph. He described this phase of his life afterward, his mind was in a tumult, besieged by all sorts of ideas and schemes. All the future potentialities of electricity obsessed him night and day. It was then that he dared to hope that he would become an inventor.[31:29] Edison's insane schedule: Though he had worked up to an early hour of the morning at the telegraph office, Edison began reading the Experimental Researches In Electricity (Faraday's book) when he returned to his room at 4 A.M. and continued throughout the day that followed, so that he went back to his telegraph without having slept. He was filled with determination to learn all he could.[32:38] All the Thomas Edison episodes:The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented The Modern World by Randall Stross (Founders #3)Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. (Founders #83)The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Tripby Jeff Guinn. (Founders #190)[32:57] Having one's own shop, working on projects of one's own choosing, making enough money today so one could do the same tomorrow: These were the modest goals of Thomas Edison when he struck out on his own as full-time inventor and manufacturer. The grand goal was nothing other than enjoying the autonomy of entrepreneur and forestalling a return to the servitude of employee. —The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented The Modern World by Randall Stross[40:54] Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Edward J. Renehan Jr. (Founders #258)[48:00] It's this idea where you can identify an opportunity because you have deep knowledge about one industry and you see that there is an industry developing  parallel to the industry that you know about. Jay Gould saw the importance of the telegraph industry in part because telegraph lines were laid next to railraod tracks.[49:17] Edison describes the fights between the robber barons as strange financial warfare.[54:35] You should build a company that you actually enjoy working in.[55:47] Don't make this mistake:John Ott who served under Edison for half a century, at the end of his life described the "sacrifices" some of Edison's old co-workers had made, and he commented on their reasons for so doing."My children grew up without knowing their father," he said. "When I did get home at night, which was seldom, they were in bed.""Why did you do it?" he was asked."Because Edison made your work interesting. He made me feel that I was making something with him. I wasn't just a workman. And then in those days, we all hoped to get rich with him.”[57:26] Don't try to sell a new technology to an exisiting monopoly. Western Union was a telegraphy monopoly: He approached Western union people with the idea of reproducing and recording the human voice, but they saw no conceivable use for it![58:07] Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[59:42] Passion is infectious. No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet by Molly Knight Raskin. (Founders #24)[1:01:23] For more detail on the War of the Currents listen to episode 83 Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes.[1:03:05] From the book Empire of Light: And so it was that J. Pierpont, Morgan, whose house had been the first in New York to be wired for electricity by Edison but a decade earlier, now erased Edison's name out of corporate existence without even the courtesy of a telegram or a phone call to the great inventor.Edison biographer Matthew Josephson wrote, "To Morgan it made little difference so long as it all resulted in a big trustification for which he would be the banker."Edison had been, in the vocabulary of the times, Morganized.[1:06:03] One of Thomas Edison's favorite books: Toilers of The Sea by Victor Hugo[1:08:26] “The trouble with other inventors is that they try a few things and quit. I never quit until I get what I want.” —Thomas Edison[1:08:35] “Remember, nothing that's good works by itself. You've gotta make the damn thing work.” —Thomas Edison[1:12:04] The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana Kingby Rich Cohen. (Founders #255)[1:12:58] He (Steve Jobs) was always easy to understand.He would either approve a demo, or he would request to see something different next time.Whenever Steve reviewed a demo, he would say, often with highly detailed specificity, what he wanted to happen next.He was always trying to ensure the products were as intuitive and straightforward as possible, and he was willing to invest his own time, effort, and influence to see that they were.Through looking at demos, asking for specific changes, then reviewing the changed work again later on and giving a final approval before we could ship, Steve could make a product turn out like he wanted.— Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda (Bonus episode between Founders #110 and #111)[1:15:48] Charles Kettering is the 20th Century's Ben Franklin. — Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering by Thomas Boyd (Founders #125)—Get 60 days free of Readwise. 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When we first went into lockdown for the pandemic the only thing I could compare it to was the tragedy of 9/11. It's hard to believe that we are coming up on the 19th Anniversary. I was looking for some inspiration and came across this book called "No Better Time," about the most likely first victim of 9/11 Danny Lewin the unsung hero. He was on American Flight 11 and tried to stop the terrorist on the plane. Unfortunately he was killed and the plane crashed into the World Trade Center. His life of perseverance and never giving up even when the odds are against you is a guiding light for all of us.  I contacted the author Molly Raskin and had a wonderful conversation about her inspiration for writing the book and what projects she's working on now.  Here's what you'll learn from this episode:  Molly Raskin is an author, journalist and TV Producer. She currently has a docuseries on Netflix called "(Un)well." She first learned about Danny Lewin's story ten years after 9/11.  She flew to Israel to speak with Danny's parents to see if she could tell his story. They had not wanted to tell his story but realized his life is so inspiring they agreed to let Rachel write the book.  Thinking she would have publishers lining up to publish the book, she had a bit of a surprise to find out that wasn't the case. Her perseverance finally got her a publisher.  We learn how Danny's life work his company Akamai Technologies kept the communication of our government and our media outlets going during 9/11 and the days after.  How to keep your dream alive when you face rejection. Danny's life philosophy that kept him going.  Molly's wellness routine and the reason behind her doing her the docuseries on Netflix called "(UN) Well." To Contact Molly Raskins: Twitter @mollyraskin Book: No Better Time This episode was co-produced by Fran Harvey. Contact Fran Harvey at fran@bigdoor.tv If you enjoyed this episode, please Subscribe, Rate and Review this podcast. Also, if you'd like to be the first to hear about New Episodes check my website at www.thenewmid.com and follow me on Instagram @thenewmid and Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/thenewmid/?modal=admin_todo_tour I'm currently accepting people into my one on one coaching program and membership group The New Mid Academy. You can sign up for a Free Call HERE. If you'd like to join a group of Midlife Women supporting each other, join The Official The New Mid Private Facebook Group HERE. 

What I learnd by reading No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet by Molly Knight Raskin. When Danny was excited about something, you couldn't help but get excited too (3:00)Steve Jobs had one speed: GO! (6:00)Danny joins Israel's special forces (10:00)"Life is too short to be bored. Only boring people are bored." (19:00)The idea for Akamai (22:00)"If he didn't know something, he'd go learn it." (28:00)Building a company the right way (31:00)Finding a business model (35:00)Passion is worth $500,000 (38:30)The first product (42:00)"My goal was to express it in layman's terms so that your grandmother could understand it." (44:00)Finding the right price/model (45:00)The best salesperson (48:10)"Hi, this is Steve Jobs, and I want to buy your company." (54:00)"I have this company of one hundred ten people, headed by one of the biggest businessmen around with lots of money in the bank, and I'm just a graduate student." (57:00)"In less than one year, a tiny startup out of MIT had grown to a company with a market valuation than that of General Motors" (58:30)The last day of Danny's life (1:00:00)“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

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Summary:On HBO, the show Silicon Valley is about a young kid who comes up with a billion-dollar algorithm and attempts to build a company around the technology. Well, there's a real-life parallel, because that is what happened to Danny Lewin in the early 1990s. He co-developed an algorithm that gave birth to the Content Delivery Network industry, and the company that he co-founded on the strength of this technology is Akamai Technologies. To this day Akamai is a major backbone of the entire Internet.But that is only one of the fascinating things about the story of Danny Lewin. Born in Colorado, Lewin's family moved to Israel at a very young age, and Lewin eventually became an special forces operative in Sayeret Matkal, the elite anti-terrorism unit in the Israeli military.Tragically, Lewin was one of the passengers on American Airlines Flight 11, which was hijacked on September 11, 2001. There is reason to believe that Danny Lewin was possibly the first person to be killed by the hijackers on that day.In this episode we talk with author Molly Knight Raskin who has written a book, No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet, which chronicles Danny Lewin's amazing life story. It's a fascinating book, which I encourage you to read for yourself, and this is a fascinating episode.Buy The Book:No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Scott Cluthe's Newsletter HERE  Join Scott Cluthe on FACEBOOK HERE  Scott Cluthe talks with Molly Knight Raskin, political reporter for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Producer of documentaries for PBS & much more. Molly is author of No Better Time a Bio of Danny Lewin.  No Better Time from journalist, TV producer,author & more  Molly Knight Raskin -(Da Capo Press, 9/2013). The bio of Danny Lewin and Tom Leighton at MIT and more.  No Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. It’s the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irreverent student and his soft-spoken MIT professor, of a husband and father who spent years struggling to make ends meet only to become a billionaire almost overnight with the success of Akamai Technologies, the Internet content delivery network he cofounded with his mentor. Danny Lewin’s brilliant but brief life is largely unknown because, until now, those closest to him have guarded their memories and quietly mourned their loss. For Lewin was almost certainly the first victim of 9/11, stabbed to death at age 31 while trying to overpower the terrorists who would eventually fly American Flight 11 into the World Trade Center. But ironically it was 9/11 that proved the ultimate test for Lewin’s vision—while phone communication failed and web traffic surged as never before, the critical news and government sites that relied on Akamai—and the technology pioneered by Danny Lewin—remained up and running.

When we look at a tragedy like 9/11, we think of who and what we lost at that moment.  We forget that a future is also lost. That many of those killed that day may have changed and reshaped the future. Certainly Danny Lewin, who was on AA flight 11, the first plane to hit the towers, had the potential to do just that.  During his brief 31 years, Danny was a father, a soldier, a brilliant mathematician and an entrepreneur.  Along with his MIT professor, Tom Leighton, he would reshape the Internet into the robust system that was able to withstand the traffic and news of 9/11 itself.  What else he might have accomplished in his lifetime is a loss not just to his family, but to all of us.Molly Knight Raskin lets us all share Danny's story in No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the InternetMy conversation with Molly Knight Raskin: 

CEO Tom Leighton discusses the legacy of Co-Founder Danny Lewin, Akamai's role on 9-11-01, and his vision of Akamai as a major player in the security industry.