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Scaling a business globally comes down to leaders who align teams and drive them forward together.Snowflake serves over 12,000 customers, and early executives Chris Degnan and Denise Persson share how they scaled the company while keeping the unlikely pairing of sales and marketing perfectly aligned through hypergrowth.They join Joubin Mirzadegan to share insights from their new book, Make It Snow, revealing how they built Snowflake's ‘go-to-market engine' and fostered a customer-first culture across every function.Guests: Chris Degnan, former CRO and advisor to the CEO at Snowflake, and Denise Persson, CMO at Snowflake.Connect with Chris Degnan LinkedIn​Connect with Denise PerssonLinkedIn​Connect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com​Learn more about Kleiner Perkins:https://www.kleinerperkins.com/

Stefan Williams - Vice President of Corporate Development and Snowflake Ventures at Snowflake Stefan Williams, Vice President of Corporate Development and Snowflake Ventures at Snowflake, leads the company's acquisition strategy, corporate venture capital, and startup accelerator programs. In this episode, Stefan takes us inside Snowflake's disciplined, culture-first approach to M&A—from building the corporate development function from scratch to executing 20+ acquisitions while maintaining breakneck organic growth. He shares hard-won lessons on integration accountability, why relationships matter more than auctions, and how to balance proactive deal-making with the realities of a fast-moving AI landscape. Things You'll Learn Start small and build M&A muscle – Why Snowflake began with sub-50 person acquisitions to prove integration capabilities before scaling to larger, more complex deals Integration accountability drives success – The critical importance of assigning DRIs (Directly Responsible Individuals) with clear timelines at 30, 60, 90, and 180 days post-close Buyer-led beats reactive – How investing time in proactive CEO relationships and strategic alignment dramatically improves deal outcomes versus responding to banker processes ___________________ The Buyer-Led M&A™ Summit is back.The virtual event built for dealmakers who want to eliminate chaos and take control from sourcing through integration.

When Steve Sutter joined Celigo five years ago, he stepped into a company positioned not as another SaaS app but as what he calls “the infrastructure, the piping, the plumbing” of business automation. Celigo, he tells us, moves data between systems like Salesforce, NetSuite, and Snowflake so companies can “create very sophisticated business processes” without the friction of disconnected silos.For Sutter, the real work of finance begins behind that plumbing. “As CFO, you have to build a sustainable business model,” he tells us, one rooted in clear unit economics—how each dollar of new recurring revenue is earned and what it costs to deliver value. That analytical discipline, he explains, gives finance a vantage point “no one else has,” allowing it to balance engineering ambition with go-to-market execution.Working inside a privately held, fast-growth environment, Sutter views resource allocation as both art and accountability. Sometimes, he says, companies must “invest in sales and marketing at an excessive rate” to gain traction—but the test is whether the model still makes mathematical sense. He partners closely with the CRO and CMO to watch metrics like the quota-to-OTE ratio and pipeline efficiency, adjusting as conditions change.Even at scale, Sutter keeps a simple mantra: acknowledge failure quickly. “As soon as you've acknowledged failure,” he tells us, “you can move on to something that will likely be successful.” It's a principle that keeps Celigo's growth disciplined—and its automation ambitions grounded in financial logic.

Picture yourself in a log cabin after being out on a cold snowy day. There's a large wood fire crackling in a fireplace. Hot apple cider beside you. Your body limp and relaxed. Outside a large picture window, you can see the snow falling. Quiet. Tension in your body just melts away. A tranquil mindset as stillness is around you - a reflection of the tranquility within.My live-guided meditations are designed for groups to breathe together, let go together, and then find the way back to peace together, with the benefit of feeling more focused and calm. When you join our groups, you share a positive energy that makes it easier to stay centered and relaxed. This shared experience can make your meditation feel stronger and more connected, one gentle step at a time.Rise Above Stress and Anxiety on MeetupThursdays, 8:00 PM MST.Rise Above Stress and Anxiety on MeetupSaturdays, 9:30 AM MST.Sunday Night Surrender on MeetupSundays, 7:15 PM MST.Sign up for my newsletter at Meditation To Live Well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Make It Snow is Snowflake's go-to-market playbook, told by longtime CRO Chris Degnan and CMO Denise Persson. The central idea: sales and marketing must operate as “one brain in two bodies.” The takeaways are practical and candid: embed with customers sooner than feels comfortable, pick a clear foil, design programs you can rerun, centralize data so sales and marketing act from one truth, and treat culture as GTM infrastructure. If you're a founder, CRO, CMO, or operator trying to go from zero to billions without losing the plot, Make It Snow is a field manual for aligning people, narrative, and pipeline at every stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is getting blamed for the government shutdown? Republicans getting blamed for the shutdown. A war of memes is under way! "The View" discusses being "pro-life." NYPD detective gets dangerously close to President Trump while off duty. More MAHA wins with artificial colors and sweeteners going away. India and China are getting cozy. Murders at a synagogue in Britain, and the suspect's name is … interesting. WNBA has zero appreciation for superstar Caitlin Clark. Netflix drawing the ire of Elon Musk with trans promotion. Should America just let domestic terrorists have Portland? Has Amelia Earhart's plane been discovered? Racist birthday song? Introducing the illegal alien school superintendent. Greta Thunberg is still a moron. Musicians for Palestine. Theo Von wants everyone to know that he's not suicidal. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:21 Football Talk 03:33 55 Hours into the Government Shutdown 06:31 Trump on the Government Shutdown 08:22 Hakeem Jeffries Continues to Blame Trump 11:11 Mike Johnson Talks about Memes 12:05 Gavin Newsom Tries to Meme 12:35 Dem Kitties VS. GOP Kitties 13:31 Tim Walz Discusses Trump Memes 14:31 Trump Shutdown Showcase 22:09 The View Tries to Discuss Pro-Life 28:43 John Fetterman Calls Out the Left 30:14 Fat Five 50:27 Caitlin Clark Controversy Again 1:02:40 Netflix Show 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Gives Trans Lecture 1:05:57 Netflix Boycott? 1:07:48 Portland Chief of Police on National Guard 1:12:10 Amelia Earhart's Plane Found?! 1:14:21 Racist Happy Birthday Song??? 1:25:21 Greta Thunberg Kidnapped by Israel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Information's Cory Weinberg talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about EA's $55 billion takeover and the private equity firms behind it. We also talk with Snowflake's Josh Klahr about the company's new consortium to end the AI data wars and The Information's Anissa Gardizy about why "fear" is fueling NVIDIA's spending spree. Lastly, we get into humanoid robots with Rodney Brooks, creator of the Roomba, who gives a reality check on their dexterity.Articles discussed on this episode:https://www.theinformation.com/articles/jensen-huang-using-nvidia-cash-rule-ai-economyTITV airs on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe to: - The Information on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation4080/?sub_confirmation=1- The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_hSign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agenda

Pre-sale begins 10am local time - Wednesday 1st October 2025 General sale from 10am local time - Friday 3rd October 2025 Tour Dates available below: Briancoxlive.co.uk After performing his sell-out, record-breaking show 'Horizons' to nearly half a million people across the world, Professor Brian Cox is back with new tour world tour Emergence. Tickets for shows spanning the UK & Ireland, Europe, the US, Australia, Asia-Pacific and beyond go on general sale at 10am (local times) on Friday 3rd October 2025 via briancoxlive.co.uk. In the winter of 1610 Johannes Kepler was crossing Prague's Charles Bridge when he noticed a snowflake land on his arm. Why, he asked, are all snowflakes six-cornered? "I do not believe," he wrote, "that even in a snowflake, this ordered pattern exists at random." 400 years later, we have part of the answer. Snowflakes are made of water molecules, which are made of atoms, which are made of quarks and electrons - which might be made of superstrings - all held together by forces of nature described by quantum theory. But how does such delicate beauty emerge from such abstract simplicity? Emergence is a celebration of the intricacy of the Universe and an exploration of the laws of nature that sculpted it. From the largest structures in the known Universe - the rivers and flows of galaxies that trace the cosmic web - to Earth's interlinked ecosystems and the structure of the human brain - from black holes to snowflakes - we observe a world of dazzling complexity underpinned by magnificent simplicity. How did a quarter of a million-year-old species of great apes on one small planet amongst trillions orbiting around a middle-aged star in an average galaxy figure all this out, guided by curiosity, mathematics and an aesthetic sense of symmetry and beauty? And what might we become if we can hold onto the ideas of the enlightenment so successfully developed and deployed by Kepler and his contemporaries and successors - ideas that have allowed us to begin to read the story of the Universe and carried our spacecraft to the edge of the solar system and outwards to the stars. Professor Brian Cox said: "I've loved creating Emergence - it's the most ambitious live show I've ever written. I've been very lucky to collaborate with a wonderful group of scientists, musicians, filmmakers and graphic artists to bring cosmology, biology, philosophy and history to the largest and most advanced LED screens available, with the best sound and lights I could find. I hope the show is an all-encompassing experience, and I hope it leaves everyone, whether they love science or music or history, or simply contemplating the beauty of Nature, with something new to think about." Brian has worked with a world-leading team of creatives for Emergence. Graphics and visual effects have been created in collaboration with Emmy Award winning director Nic Stacey and digital artist Erik Wernquist, and branding is by Peter Saville CBE, the renowned art director known for his original work with Factory Records. Brian has appeared in many landmark science programmes over the last 15 years, from the Peabody Award-winning Wonders of the Solar System to worldwide hit series The Planets to his most recent landmark series Solar System, which has become one of the best watched science series of the last decade. You can learn more about Professor Brian Cox by following him on social media @ProfBrianCox ABOUT PROFESSOR BRIAN COX CBE FRS Brian is widely recognized as the foremost communicator for science, cosmology and astronomy in the world. He is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In September 2025 he was appointed as The Francis Crick Institute's first-ever Crick Scholar. Brian has presented a number of highly acclaimed, award-winning science programmes for the BBC watched by billions around the world including 'Adventures in Space a...

Meet Cath Possamai, Amazon's Talent Acquisition Director for EMEA, APJC and LATAM. With over 20 years in recruitment and talent management, Cath has worn almost every hat in the industry — from in-house roles to outsourced partnerships — across Financial Services, IT, Telco, BPO, and even Defence. She's a champion of collaboration, believing that great business outcomes and exceptional candidate experiences go hand in hand. Now at Amazon, she's shaping talent strategy across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia — making recruitment smarter, more human, and future-ready. And in this episode of the TA Disruptors podcast, Cath Possamai shares how she is reimagining recruitment at Amazon — blending human connection with AI, tackling talent disruption, and future-proofing the workforce. Sharing bold insights on entry-level roles, tech-driven efficiency, and why the next generation of talent depends on us getting it right.Listen as Cath and host Robery Newry dive in to discuss:

Nesrine Changuel helped build Spotify, Google Chrome, and Google Meet. Her work has helped her discover the importance of emotional connection in building successful products. At Google, she served as a dedicated “delight PM,” a role specifically focused on making products more delightful. She recently published Product Delight, a book that provides a practical framework for creating products that serve both functional and emotional needs. Based in Paris, she now coaches founders and CPOs on implementing delight strategies in their organizations.What you'll learn:1. Why delight is a business strategy, not just “sprinkling confetti” on top of functionality2. How to identify emotional motivators that drive product retention3. The 50-40-10 rule for balancing delight in your roadmap4. The 4-step delight model5. The origin story of Spotify's Discover Weekly6. Why B2B products need delight just as much as B2C products7. How to get buy-in from skeptical leaders who think delight is a luxury—Brought to you by:DX—The developer intelligence platform designed by leading researchers: https://getdx.com/lennyJira Product Discovery—Confidence to build the right thing: https://atlassian.com/lennyLucidLink—Real-time cloud storage for teams: https://www.lucidlink.com/lenny—Transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/a-4-step-framework-for-building-delightful-products—My biggest takeaways (for paid newsletter subscribers): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/174199489/my-biggest-takeaways-from-this-conversation—Where to find Nesrine Changuel:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nesrinechanguel/• Newsletter: https://nesrinechanguel.substack.com/• Website: https://nesrine-changuel.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Nesrine and product delight(04:56) Why delight matters(09:17) What makes a feature “delightful”(12:29) The three pillars of delight(13:03) Pillar 1: Removing friction (Uber refund example)(15:07) Pillar 2: Anticipating needs (Revolut eSIM example)(17:21) Pillar 3: Exceeding expectations (Edge coupon example)(18:35) The “confetti effect” and when it actually works(22:02) B2B vs. B2C: Why all products need emotional connection(29:52) The Delight Model: A 4-step framework(30:57) Step 1: Identifying user motivators (functional and emotional)(33:55) Step 2: Converting motivators into product opportunities(34:46) Step 3: Identifying solutions with the delight grid(36:46) Step 4: Validating ideas with the delight checklist(40:22) The Delight Model summarized(42:18) The importance of familiarity (Spotify Discover Weekly story)(45:21) Real examples: Chrome's tab management solution(51:32) Google Meet's solution for “Zoom fatigue”(55:02) Getting buy-in from skeptical leaders(59:39) Prioritizing delight: The 50-40-10 rule(1:02:41) Creating a culture of delight in your organization(1:06:45) The habituation effect(1:08:15) When delight goes wrong: Apple reactions example(1:10:21) How delight motivates product teams(1:12:24) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/• Linear: https://linear.app/• How Linear builds product: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-linear-builds-product• Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira• Asana: https://asana.com/• Monday: https://monday.com/• The Product Delight Model: https://nesrinechanguel.substack.com/p/the-product-delight-model• Revolut: https://www.revolut.com/• How Revolut trains world-class product managers: The “local CEO” model, raw intellect over experience, and a cultural obsession with building wow products | Dmitry Zlokazov (Head of Product): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-revolut-trains-world-class-product-managers• Microsoft Cashback: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/shopping-cashback• Superhuman's secret to success: Ignoring most customer feedback, manually onboarding every new user, obsessing over every detail, and positioning around a single attribute: speed | Rahul Vohra (CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/superhumans-secret-to-success-rahul-vohra• Brian Chesky's secret mentor who died 9 times, started the Burning Man board, and built the world's first midlife wisdom school | Chip Conley (founder of MEA): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/chip-conley• Workday: https://www.workday.com/• SAP: https://www.sap.com/• ServiceNow: https://www.servicenow.com/• Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/• GitHub: https://github.com/• Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/• Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com/• Data Superheroes: https://www.snowflake.com/en/data-superheroes/• Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/• Andy Nesling on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andynesling/• Matic: https://maticrobots.com/• Diego Sanchez's (Senior Product Manager at Buffer) post on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7365014292091346945/• Miro: https://miro.com/• Arc browser: https://arc.net/• Competing with giants: An inside look at how The Browser Company builds product | Josh Miller (CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/competing-with-giants-an-inside-look• Migros Supermarket: https://www.migros.ch/• The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can't stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-rise-of-cursor-michael-truell• Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (CEO and co-founder): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-lovable-anton-osika• Linear's secret to building beloved B2B products | Nan Yu (Head of Product): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/linears-secret-to-building-beloved-b2b-products-nan-yu• Suno: https://suno.com• Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/• Use Reactions, Presenter Overlay, and other effects when videoconferencing on Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105117• Dr. Lipp: https://drlipp.com/• How to be the best coach to product people | Petra Wille (Strong Product People): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-be-the-best-coach-to-product• The Great American Baking Show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21822674/• Le Meilleur Pâtissier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Meilleur_P%C3%A2tissier• The Upside on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.3cb8500f-31af-9f4f-5dec-701e086d58e8• The Intouchables: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/• Yoyo stroller: https://www.stokke.com/USA/en-us/category/strollers/yoyo-strollers• UppaBaby strollers: https://uppababy.com/strollers/—Recommended books:• Product Delight: How to Make Your Product Stand Out with Emotional Connection: https://www.amazon.com/Product-Delight-Stand-Emotional-Connection-ebook/dp/B0FGZ93D9Y/• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think: https://www.amazon.com/Factfulness-Reasons-World-Things-Better/dp/1250107814• STRONG Product Communities: The Essential Guide to Product Communities of Practice: https://www.amazon.com/STRONG-Product-Communities-Essential-Practice/dp/3982235189/r—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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Check out Mostly Growth and get episodes early. Available on all platforms.* YouTube* Spotify* AppleAI may be changing how we work, but it's also changing how we interact with software — and not always for the better. CJ and Kyle Poyar dig into the growing pains of product design, IPOs in weird markets, and the unexpectedly depressing world of startup networking.* Navan IPO: Why a $613M company burning $80M is still pushing for an $8B valuation — and what it says about the state of software IPOs.* Prompt Bars Are Everywhere: The rise of “blank box” UX, why every app suddenly looks like ChatGPT, and how that's giving users prompt anxiety.* Referral Programs: Ponzi Scheme?: Incentives are up, CAC is down — but is this growth channel actually sustainable or just marketing MLMs in disguise?* When to Disclose AI-Generated: If your calendar link feels cold, wait until your AI avatar shows up in an ad. We debate where the ethical (and strategic) line is for AI transparency.* Business Blunders:• Sad Dinners (CJ): Why every LinkedIn dinner photo looks depressing — and what it says about startup culture.• ChatGPT Bad Chart (Kyle): An incredible dataset ruined by a rainbow mess of tiny fonts and meaningless categories.* Potentially Reliable Thing at 2AM:• Arnold Twins Revenue (CJ): The wild deal behind Arnold Schwarzenegger's comedy debut — and how it made more money than Terminator.• Reese Witherspoon Book Club (Kyle): Viral influence, middle-of-the-night decisions, and what media we trust half-asleep.* Pricing in the Real World:• CJ: Iced Coffee Variable Pricing: Starbucks, cold brew, and the surprising economics of how product pricing actually works day to day.* Something We Tried This Week:• Kyle: Fyxer Virtual Assistant: A hands-on experiment with offloading operational drag — what worked, what didn't, and what Kyle's still skeptical about.Today's podcast is brought to you by Campfire.You may know that we use Campfire as our ERP, and it's been a game changer for our finance workflow. The interface is intuitive, migration was quick and painless, and it's freed us up to focus on strategic work instead of manual processes. In case you don't know, Campfire is an AI-first ERP powering next-gen finance & accounting teams. Helps you close fast, unlock insights and scale smarter.If you're curious about where finance tech is heading, and would like to hear more of my thoughts on the topic, don't miss Campfire's Finance Forward AI Summit - the upcoming summit bringing together the sharpest minds in finance and operations.You'll hear directly from industry leaders on how they're using AI to shape the future of finance, and how your team can get ahead of the curve. I'll be speaking on panels with finance leaders from Anthropic, Snowflake, Mercury and more. The summit is October 28th in San Francisco; I hope to see you there.Sign up for the summit at campfiresummit.ai or learn more about Campfire at www.campfire.ai. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cjgustafson.substack.com

Colton Pace is a founder and currently the CEO of Ownwell, a Proptech company dedicated to democratizing access to real estate expertise and reducing the hidden costs of homeownership. Under his leadership, Ownwell helps homeowners and property owners identify and appeal overvalued property taxes, reduce insurance and utility costs, and manage other home‑related expenses through data, automation, and local expert teams. Before founding Ownwell, Colton served as an investor, asset manager, and venture capitalist, helping manage billions of dollars across various asset classes. He was part of funds that made early investments in companies such as Uber, Spotify, Redfin, Snowflake, UiPath, Zuora, and Grab. (01:05) - VC to PropTech Founder(03:10) - $797B Property Tax Problem(04:48) - Ownwell Traction: 700K+ Homes and SMB/CRE(06:18) - AI Plus 80 Consultants: How Appeals Get Done(08:50) - Success Rates and Savings: Residential vs Commercial(11:27) - Portfolio Case Study: 124 SFR Properties in Texas(13:45) - Valuation Methods and Local Differences(16:13) - Market Size: $50 to 60B Opportunity(17:29) - Feature: CREtech - Join CREtech New York 2025 on Oct 21-22 for the largest Real Estate Meetings program. Qualified Real Estate pros get free full event pass plus up to $800 in travel and hotel costs. (19:02) - Beyond Taxes: Insurance, Loans, Utilities, Concierge (21:30) - Building Trust with Homeowners and CRE Owners (24:03) - Advice for PropTech Founders Selling into Real Estate (26:49) - Collaboration Superpower: Matthew McConaughey

TALENT POOLING: LESSONS FROM TA COMMUNITY BUILDERS   We all know that it easier to get engagement from people who already know you or your brand. Have a think about how you respond to known contacts in WhatsApp vs unknown callers on your phone! As we move toward a world where AI generated communication will come to dominate, we can anticipate that the establishment of trust relationships with your target audience is going to be key in effective hiring.   Lets deep dive:   - What is talent pooling, how is this different from 'collecting CV's - What needs to be done in order to 'acquire' someone into a talent pool? - How do you convert a database into a community? - What are the policies of exclusion in this community? - How do we balance this with an inclusive ethos? - How to police bad behaviour? - How formal should be safe spaces? - What is the best tech platform to use to organise communities? - If we are planning to hire from this community, do we remove people who then get a job? - What professions are most suited for community building? - What circumstances make most sense when putting together a talent pooling plan? - Do we need a specialist function to do this? - What can AI do to help build community - or is this antithetical to how things are done?   All this and more, with Willem Wijnans, Community Lead (Ashby), Marie Chaponiere, Founder (Behind the Mask), Vanessa Raath, Founder (Talent Hunter) & Mahmoud Aly, Community Lead (Egypt Recruiting Community) & Lars Schmidt, Head of Talent (Fruitist)   We are on Friday 26th Sep, 2pm BST - follow the channel here (recommended) and save your spot for this demo by clicking on the green button.     Ep333 is sponsored by our friends Ashby   Ashby just raised $50M in Series D funding, and they're going all in on what modern recruiting teams actually need.   So, what's next?   AI is moving from novelty to necessity. Most tools talk about AI, Ashby makes it work. Their all-in-one platform gives AI real structure so recruiters get time back with AI note-taking, feedback summaries, and personalized outreach emails. In fact, 57% of Ashby's customer base is now using AI within the platform, up from 23% at the start of 2024.   Quality of Hire is finally getting real. More teams are rolling out Quality of Hire programs with Ashby than ever before. What used to be a slide in a quarterly review is now a real strategy, with surveys and reporting built in. It's clearer, faster, and easier to connect to business outcomes.   Community is the new operating system. Ashby already made a big splash with Ashby One, their first customer conference that brought hundreds of talent leaders and RecOps professionals together for a week of sessions, panels, dinners, and live events. With this new funding, they're doubling down on the community by expanding ACE (Ashby Customer Expert) chapters, scaling education programs, and giving local leaders more ways to connect, share learnings, and build lasting networks.   … and the word is out. Enterprise teams like Shopify and Snowflake are already in. With 123% growth and fresh funding to fuel what's next, Ashby is just getting started.   Bottom line: Ashby is not just building software. They are building the infrastructure for modern recruiting.   See the full announcement.   Not on Ashby yet? Get a demo today.

In this episode, Bob Evans chats with Gerrit Kazmaier, President, Products and Technology, Workday. They explore how Workday is evolving into a platform company, the role of AI agents in reshaping enterprise workflows, and why trust, accuracy, and extensibility are key to future-ready business solutions. Kazmaier also discusses Workday's approach to ecosystem innovation and composable ERP.Workday's AI FutureThe Big Themes:AI at the Core: Workday is reshaping how enterprises operate by embedding AI into the core of their business processes. This isn't about slapping AI onto legacy systems as a side panel or assistant. It's about redefining how people work, with AI-led experiences, purpose-built agents, and intelligent orchestration. From onboarding to payroll, Workday is transforming each layer of the enterprise with tools that understand business context.Open Platform and Data Integration: Customers demand flexibility and interoperability. Workday is responding by making openness a foundational principle — not just a tagline. Through partnerships with Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft, and Salesforce, Workday ensures that enterprise data is not locked away but is seamlessly integrated across platforms. Whether you're building a forecasting model in Snowflake or enriching financials in Workday, the data now flows freely.Workday's Focus: Kazmaier referenced a quote: “Technology evolves from primitive to complex to simple.” Today's ERP systems sit in the “complex” phase — bloated, hard to manage, and expensive. Workday's goal is to move ERP into the “simple” era. That means intuitive, intelligent systems that just work — powered by AI, open by design, and personalized for each user. The aim is to empower CEOs to drive outcomes, and employees to thrive at work, without wading through process chaos or outdated tools.The Big Quote: “I frankly think that today, the default is that vendors have a slew of generic agents, they hand them over to their customers, and wish them good luck in figuring out how it's supposed to work. When we say, open AI platform, I talk about purpose-built frameworks and tools like our new Agent Builder . . . so that you can seamlessly compose, you know, workflows in the definition and context of your business and expect them to work with high accuracy and reliability, without becoming an AI expert yourself."Learn more:Follow Gerrit on LinkedIn, and read more about Workday and agentic AI. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore Workday's bold entry into the ERP space and share insights from my interview with Gerrit Kazmaier on how AI and data are reshaping enterprise software.Highlights00:24 — Last week, 30,000 people were at Workday's big Rising event in San Francisco. I had a chance to sit down with Product and Technology President Gerrit Kazmaier to talk about his views on how the Workday approach to ERP is going to be different from what we see from other players.01:08 — Kazmaier brings enterprise applications, data, data cloud, hyperscale — all those different backgrounds, expertise, and experiences — to Workday. And now he's taken a very aggressive agenda in these first six or seven months, leading up to this notion of ERP. Workday moved into the ERP space with a lot of new introductions, agents, and more at last week's Rising event.01:48 —And a couple of things that Kazmaier talks about: Kazmaier believes the ERP concept is right — giving business leaders a chance to see what's going on inside their companies from multiple perspectives with fully integrated applications. But he feels that the tools have been outdated, too difficult, too slow, too fragmented.02:08 —So Workday, although for its first 20 years had avoided getting into ERP, now feels that the time is right to give huge value to customers. Also, for the Data Cloud, it's now got partnerships to enhance the way it's able to give customers better use and value from the data they have. These include partnerships with Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft, and Salesforce.02:54 —So that full interview with Gerrit Kazmaier, President of Products and Technology at Workday, is coming up here. It's got not just him in a new role, but also Rob Enslin, over the last several months, as Chief Commercial President and Chief Commercial Officer, and a new Chief Technology Officer, Peter Bayless, who came to Workday from Google Cloud. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

AI was supposed to make software cheaper and companies more efficient. Instead, costs are exploding, CFOs are getting squeezed, and founders are pushing their teams harder than ever. CJ and Kyle Poyar dig into the economics behind AI, usage-based pricing, and what all of this means for SaaS growth.* Usage-Based Credits: Why they're supposed to save SaaS margins but often trap customers in bad deals.* 996 Hustle Culture: The rise of 9 a.m.–9 p.m., 6-days-a-week work schedules — and why it's both romanticized and unsustainable.* SaaS Payback Periods: Public companies now take 3+ years to recoup CAC, with growth slowing and margins tightening.* Go-to-Market Engineers: Hype vs. reality of the “unicorn hire” role meant to automate GTM motions.* Consumer Businesses: Are we sleeping on DTC plays like Blue Apron and ButcherBox while chasing AI trends?* The “Cracked Engineer” Archetype: Why the most impactful hires might be the failed founders who love solving cross-functional problems.* Subscription Carwashes: What they teach us about predictable revenue and retention psychology.* More RVs Than EVs: What this surprising stat says about adoption curves and how we misread “the future.”* This Week's Growth Experiments: The tools, tactics, interview questions, and hacks we tried — what worked, what didn't, and why Kyle is disillusioned by some of them.Today's podcast is brought to you by Campfire.You may know that we use Campfire as our ERP, and it's been a game changer for our finance workflow. The interface is intuitive, migration was quick and painless, and it's freed us up to focus on strategic work instead of manual processes. In case you don't know, Campfire is an AI-first ERP powering next-gen finance & accounting teams. Helps you close fast, unlock insights and scale smarter.If you're curious about where finance tech is heading, and would like to hear more of my thoughts on the topic, don't miss Campfire's Finance Forward AI Summit - the upcoming summit bringing together the sharpest minds in finance and operations.You'll hear directly from industry leaders on how they're using AI to shape the future of finance, and how your team can get ahead of the curve. I'll be speaking on panels with finance leaders from Anthropic, Snowflake, Mercury and more. The summit is October 28th in San Francisco; I hope to see you there.Sign up for the summit at campfiresummit.ai or learn more about Campfire at www.campfire.ai. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cjgustafson.substack.com

Alex was late…then early…then says “It's a black thing,” Russia pokes NATO, but just enough to be a nuisance, while Ukraine keeps grinding Russian meat, from “Charlie who?” to an American Martyr, Trans people become the next brown people, 1,250 people “missing” from Alligator Alcatraz and they didn't escape, Crazy-Eye Kash try to out Karen Congress, and there's still hope for the solar flare this year.

Steve Pierce was just 17-years old when he was working with six other men in the mountains of Snowflake, Arizona. Yes, he was in the truck when Travis Walton and the crew encountered a UFO. Steve's testimony to his experience of that night's events are astounding, as he has rarely gone public over the years due to personal issues with his former friends, and the public at large who've dismissed his amazing story, and what he feels in the truth behind Fire In The Sky.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spaced-out-radio--1657874/support.

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Brian Scanlan, Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom, the company building Fin.ai, joins Corey Quinn on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss Intercom's move from AWS Aurora to PlanetScale's managed Vitess after years of scaling challenges with their Ruby on Rails monolith. He explains how 13 Aurora clusters created operational pain and why PlanetScale's white-glove, partnership-driven model won out over Amazon's building-block approach.The discussion also covers Intercom's volunteer-based on-call system, their pivot to AI agents after ChatGPT's launch, concerns about the shrinking pipeline of systems engineers, and how companies like PlanetScale and Snowflake are outpacing AWS by delivering superior user experiences.About Brian: Brian is an engineer based in Intercom's Dublin office. He fixes problems, builds things, and grows people. Show Highlights(01:34) The Digital Clippy Rant(2:16) The Good Chatbot vs. Bad Chatbot (03:51) The AI Chatbot Revolution (04:33) Unexpected Consequences of Good Chatbots (05:42) AI Support vs. Human Support (05:59) The Alexa Problem and Feature Discoverability (19:03) Amazon's Struggles Moving Up the Stack (26:55) The Unix Networking Society Origins (34:43) The Global On-Call Challenge(42:09) LinkedIn: The World's Largest Porn Site LinksIntercom: intercom.comBrian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scanlanb/Brian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bscanlan.bsky.socialSponsor Wiz - Listen to Crying Out Cloud: wiz.io/crying-out-cloud

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at Workday's bold pivot into the ERP market — after 20 years of steering clear.Highlights00:14 — Workday has been having a lively week here in San Francisco at its big Rising event. But I think the biggest news here is that Workday says that after 20 years of saying, "Hey, we don't do ERP," now Workday's going into the ERP market. But they say it's ERP for the AI Era, it's going to be powered by agents and AI.01:05 — It introduced a fleet of new agents that will become available later this year or into 2026. Workday introduced its own Data Cloud. Workday is striving, it said, to be the most open platform company, the most open agents-and-applications company. They're applying more AI into all parts of their core platform and their existing applications.01:59 — They're making it easier for developers to jump into this new AI and ERP world, where they are leveraging very aggressively 20 years of HR and financial data. And of course, now, with their Agent System of Record, Workday says it can not only help you manage your people and your money, but also your agents. So again, all of this is bound into their new approach to ERP.03:06 — Now, Snowflake calls itself the AI Data Cloud. It's had a partnership with Workday. It's expanded that so Snowflake users can easily access all their Workday data and vice versa. Workday will make it as easy as possible for customers to take full advantage of its data, to tie processes together, to get agents to work together in seamless ways, and more.04:06 — It's always been moving in this direction, but with its full embrace now of ERP, rather than in the past, when it either tried to pretend ERP didn't exist, or that it was above that, and they were leaving that to what they always referred to as the legacy players, or the dinosaurs.05:00 — The good news is, with all of this, ERP continues to be — in its new modular form — agent-driven. It continues to be an essential force for companies to run their businesses as well. Glad to see Workday get into this. The competition is going to be great for Workday. It's going to be great for its competitors. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

Check out this weeks KICK ASS PODCAST with ya boy QPC and special guest Gabe Godwin ... It's more fun than taking a shot every time Gabe says "like" I PROMISE !!! LOL !!! Topics discussed: Some insignificant bigot got shot part 2, Conspiracies surrounding the shooter, Snowflakes doxing Kirk haters, Kash Patel couldn't find his ass with both hands, Smart guitars/amps, Why do movies based off video games all suck?, and soooooooo much more ... You're gonna LOVE THIS SHOW !!! CHECK IT !!!

Tor revient avec une nouvelle expérimentation : Tor VPN Beta, une application qui bouscule les codes des services VPN traditionnels. Là où un VPN classique établit un tunnel direct entre l'utilisateur et un serveur, Tor VPN emprunte le célèbre système de routage en oignon : cinq nœuds successifs – un d'entrée, trois intermédiaires et un de sortie – chacun géré par des volontaires. Résultat : aucun nœud ne connaît la totalité du trajet, ce qui renforce l'anonymat.Comparé aux VPN multihop, qui reposent sur deux serveurs centralisés et audités, Tor VPN mise donc sur une décentralisation totale. Mais cette sécurité a un prix : des performances nettement inférieures. À l'inverse, les VPN multihop tentent d'équilibrer confidentialité et rapidité. La comparaison avec NymVPN est tout aussi éclairante. Tor VPN suit un chemin fixe, rapide mais traçable si une autorité analyse simultanément le point d'entrée et de sortie. Nym, lui, brouille complètement les pistes : ralentissement volontaire du trafic, flux mélangés entre utilisateurs, paquets factices… un anonymat supérieur, mais au détriment de la vitesse.Tor VPN n'oublie pas les fonctionnalités avancées. Il intègre un routage par application : chaque appli Android peut disposer de son propre circuit et d'une adresse IP unique, rendant impossible les recoupements entre flux. Pour contourner la censure, l'application propose aussi des bridges : obfs4, qui transforme le trafic en données aléatoires, et Snowflake, qui le déguise en appel vidéo. Là encore, Tor va plus loin que les VPN traditionnels, qui se contentent généralement de faire passer leur tunnel pour du HTTPS.Sur le plan technique, le projet repose sur Arti, la nouvelle implémentation de Tor en langage Rust. Plus sûre et plus moderne que l'ancien code en C, elle promet une meilleure gestion mémoire et une sécurité accrue. En revanche, Tor VPN ne permet pas de choisir sa localisation virtuelle, ce qui le rend inadapté pour contourner les catalogues de streaming. Les développeurs restent clairs : Tor VPN Beta n'est pas une solution miracle. Certaines données Android peuvent toujours identifier l'appareil, et en cas de risques de surveillance extrêmes, mieux vaut ne pas l'utiliser. Une certitude en revanche : cette application pousse plus loin la logique d'anonymat, quitte à sacrifier vitesse et confort. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

I speak with Rick, whose father was an intelligence agent in the CIA from the 1950s onwards. One night in 1954 in Austria, when Rick was a young child left alone briefly in his parents' bed, something unseen began pulling at his body from the bottom of the bed. Eventually, a red being popped up at the side of his bed and shouted ‘FA!' in his face. It was the culmination of many other unsettling experiences. The family later returned to North America, living in various locations.Later, as a young man while training in Buddhist meditation techniques his encounters with Otherworldly beings began to reignite. The pattern seems to suggest that these beings have been reaching out to him for his entire life. He is now ready to engage with them, if only they would return.This was a fascinating conversation. Big thanks to Rick for sharing his experiences with us

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Highlights00:12 — Now on the Cloud Wars Top 10 growth chart, this is one of the great representations of this greatest growth market the world has ever known, and for about the sixth or seventh straight quarter, Google Cloud emerges as the world's hottest major cloud vendor, 32% growth, but Oracle and Microsoft were also rocking recently, and it overall shows a picture of enormous growth here.00:37 — Of the Cloud Wars Top 10 companies, only one, that was SAP, reported declining growth rate from Q1 to Q2, all the others went up. So let's take a look at those. As I said, Google Cloud up 32% to 13.6 billion, Snowflake, the smallest company on the Cloud Wars Top 10, also up 32% to 1.1 billion. Oracle was up 28% to 7.2 billion.AI Agent & Copilot Summit is an AI-first event to define opportunities, impact, and outcomes with Microsoft Copilot and agents. Building on its 2025 success, the 2026 event takes place March 17-19 in San Diego. Get more details. 01:03 — Those are nice numbers. But the big thing for Oracle is it has had just an absolutely explosive RPO. Oracle's RPO is $455 billion. Microsoft, another remarkable quarter growth rate of 27% of $46.7 billion. Now it's interesting that the quarter before that, Microsoft's growth rate was 20% so it went from 20 to 27. Google Cloud over the last two quarters, went from 28% to 32%.02:09 — Then if we look at AWS, 17.5% to 30.9 billion, excellent numbers, and in any, just about any other industry that would be seen as by far the best. But look at this growth rate, 17.5% for AWS, 27% for Microsoft, one of its major competitors, 32% growth rate, almost twice as high as AWS for Google Cloud. Yes, AWS is big, but it doesn't account for almost like a 2X difference there.03:47 — I think what we see with Google Cloud now that it's established themselves as a very high flyer here, but I think we're going to see Oracle to keep moving up. Microsoft, at the size of its revenue base, to grow 27% is extraordinary. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

It used to be that if you built a good company, showed solid growth, and had decent unit economics, you could go public. But today? The bar has been raised—big time.Let's take a trip through the last ~15 years of tech IPOs to put today's market into context and zoom in on the most recent companies to go public.* 2010's: $100M is the Bar* 2021: The Year of the Mega IPOs* 2022-2023: The IPO Freeze* 2024: The Rebound – But With a Higher Bar* The New IPO PlaybookToday's podcast is brought to you by Campfire.You may know that we use Campfire as our ERP, and it's been a game changer for our finance workflow. The interface is intuitive, migration was quick and painless, and it's freed us up to focus on strategic work instead of manual processes. In case you don't know, Campfire is an AI-first ERP powering next-gen finance & accounting teams. Helps you close fast, unlock insights and scale smarter.If you're curious about where finance tech is heading, and would like to hear more of my thoughts on the topic, don't miss Campfire's Finance Forward AI Summit - the upcoming summit bringing together the sharpest minds in finance and operations.You'll hear directly from industry leaders on how they're using AI to shape the future of finance, and how your team can get ahead of the curve. I'll be speaking on panels with finance leaders from Anthropic, Snowflake, Mercury and more. The summit is October 28th in San Francisco; I hope to see you there.Sign up for the summit at campfiresummit.ai or learn more about Campfire at www.campfire.ai. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mostlymetrics.com

Bret Taylor is the CEO of Sierra and Chairman of the Board of OpenAI. He previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce. I sat down with Bret to explore how the AI revolution compares to previous platform shifts and what it means for both startups and incumbents navigating this transition. (00:00) Introduction and Recent Milestone (00:38) AI Market and Historical Comparisons (02:30) Competitive Landscape and Business Models (06:02) Outcome-Based Pricing and Value Creation (13:52) Technological Shifts and Business Transitions (26:32) Adoption Challenges and Forward Deployed Engineering (37:21) Early Investment in Snowflake and Cloud Strategy (38:02) Enterprise Software Market Dynamics (38:38) AI Agents and Implementation Costs (41:06) Democratization of Software Development (43:35) The Future of Software Companies and AI Agents (49:36) Consumer Behavior and AI Agents (58:56) The Role of AI in Customer Experience (01:01:25) Career Advice in the Age of AI Executive Producer: Rashad Assir Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA

Oracle's stock recently jumped 37% — and the driver wasn't just revenue growth or earnings per share. The market reacted to one SaaS metric: RPO (Remaining Performance Obligations), which surged 359% year-over-year. In episode #312, Ben Murray explains the RPO metric, how it's calculated, and why investors are paying close attention to it. From Oracle's $455B backlog to Snowflake's disclosure practices, you'll learn why this metric is becoming more important for both public and private SaaS companies. If you want to improve your investor metrics and maximize your company valuation, RPO should be on your radar. What You'll Learn What RPO is (Remaining Performance Obligations) and how it's calculated. Why RPO is a leading indicator of future revenue and business model stickiness. How Oracle's massive RPO growth drove its stock surge. How public companies like Snowflake define and disclose RPO. Why private SaaS companies should start tracking RPO alongside ARR, MRR, and retention. How RPO supports investor confidence in fundraising and exit conversations. Why It Matters for SaaS Operators & Investors Investor metrics such as RPO create visibility into future revenue streams. RPO growth signals stronger customer commitment and drives higher valuations. Private SaaS companies can use RPO as a complement to retention metrics when preparing for fundraising. Resources Mentioned

The most successful enterprises are about to become autonomous — and Eléonore Crespo, Co-CEO of Pigment, is building the nervous system that makes it possible. In this conversation, Eléonore reveals how her $400 million AI platform is already running supply chains for Coca-Cola, powering finance for the hottest newly public companies like Figma and Klarna, and processing thousands of financial scenarios for Uber and Snowflake faster and more accurately than any human team ever could.Eléonore predicts Excel will outlive most AI companies (but maybe only as a user interface, not a calculation engine) explains why she deliberately chose to build from Paris instead of Silicon Valley, and shares her contrarian take on why the AI revolution will create more CFOs, not fewer.You'll discover why Pigment's three-agent system (Analyst, Modeler, Planner) avoids the hallucination problems plaguing other AI companies, how they achieved human-level accuracy in financial analysis, and the accelerating timeline for fully autonomous enterprise planning that will make your current workforce obsolete.PigmentWebsite - https://www.pigment.comTwitter - https://x.com/gopigmentEléonore CrespoLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/eleonorecrespoFIRSTMARKWebsite - https://firstmark.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/FirstMarkCapMatt Turck (Managing Director)LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/turck/Twitter - https://twitter.com/mattturck(00:00) Intro (01:22) Building Pigment: 500 Employees, $400M Raised, 60% US Revenue (03:20) From Quantum Physics to Google to Index Ventures (06:56) Why Being a VC Was the Perfect Founder Training Ground (11:35) The Impatience Factor: What Makes Great Founders (13:27) Hiring for AI Fluency in the Modern Enterprise (14:54) Pigment's Internal AI Strategy: Committees and Guardrails (17:30) The Three AI Agents: Analyst, Modeler, and Planner (22:15) Why Three Agents Instead of One: Technical Architecture (24:10) Agent Coordination: How the Supervisor Agent Works (24:46) Real Example: Budget Variance Analysis Across 50 Products (27:15) The Human-in-the-Loop Approach: Recommendations Not Actions (27:36) Solving Hallucination: Why Structured Data Changes Everything (30:08) Behind the Scenes: Verification Agents and Audit Trails (31:57) Beyond Accuracy: Enabling the Impossible at Scale (36:21) Will AI Finally Kill Excel? Eleanor's Contrarian Take (38:23) The Vision: Fully Autonomous Enterprise Planning (40:55) Real-Time Supply Chain Adaptation: The Ukraine Example (42:20) Multi-LLM Strategy: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Partner Integration (44:32) Token Economics: Why Pigment Isn't Token-Intensive (48:30) Customer Adoption: Excitement vs. Change Management Challenges (50:51) Top-Down AI Demand vs. Bottom-Up Implementation Reality (53:08) The Reskilling Challenge: Everyone Becomes a Mini CFO (57:38) Building a Global Company from Europe During COVID (01:00:02) Managing a US Executive Team from Paris (01:01:14) SI Partner Strategy: Why Boutique Firms Come Before Deloitte (01:03:28) The $100 Billion Vision: Beyond Performance Management (01:05:08) Success Metrics: Innovation Over Revenue

I spoke to Bryn Chainey, Director of 'Rabbit Trap', Bryn's first feature film. The story centres around a couple in (no later than) 1976 who have moved into the Welsh countryside on a creative retreat. Daphne (Rosy McEwen) an avant garde vocalist and her husband Darcy (Dev Patel) an experimental sound recordist, use the new found space to explore their art and their relationship. In doing so, they stumble across unusual sounds, enter the depths of nature and experience something Otherworldly...at which point a stranger enters their lives.It was great to chat with Bryn and learn what had inspired him. Turns out that, like many of us, he's been familiar with these worlds since childhood. And, (as these magical kinds of projects tend to do) against all odds, the film found it's way into the insightful hands of SpectreVision - yet another nudge that there's definitely something driving this opening of hearts and minds towards the Otherworld, into the mainstream. It's a brilliant film, sensitive to these themes, incredible cinematography due to the fact that it's all shot on 35mm, giving a soothing sense of spaciousness to the natural world backdrop that runs throughout the story. The soundscape is masterful and an experience all by itself. I loved it!! Go and see it if you can. The film releases Friday 12th September in cinemas all across the US. We are hoping it will come to Europe too. In the meantime, check out Bryn's previous short film Moritz and the Woodwose (2013) - I think the portrayal of the being is really inspired. Thanks for watching

Tristan talks with Mikkel Dengsøe, co-founder at SYNQ, to break down what agentic coding looks like in analytics engineering. Mikkel walks through a hands-on project using Cursor, the dbt MCP server, Omni's AI assistant, and Snowflake. They cover where agents shine (staging, unit tests, lineage-aware checks), where they're risky (BI chat for non-experts), and how observability is shifting from dashboards to root-cause explanations. For full show notes and to read 6+ years of back issues of the podcast's companion newsletter, head to https://roundup.getdbt.com. The Analytics Engineering Podcast is sponsored by dbt Labs.

Do PE Companies Trade Innovation for Margins?Private equity firms love to talk about operational excellence… but when “efficiency” comes at the cost of innovation, are they mortgaging tomorrow for today's margins?In this episode I break down why 25% operating margins became the magic number in software, how PE-backed businesses chase the Rule of 50, and what happens when cutting R&D tips companies into the “Innovation Death Spiral.”Today's podcast is brought to you by Campfire.You may know that we use Campfire as our ERP, and it's been a game changer for our finance workflow. The interface is intuitive, migration was quick and painless, and it's freed us up to focus on strategic work instead of manual processes. In case you don't know, Campfire is an AI-first ERP powering next-gen finance & accounting teams. Helps you close fast, unlock insights and scale smarter.If you're curious about where finance tech is heading, and would like to hear more of my thoughts on the topic, don't miss Campfire's Finance Forward AI Summit - the upcoming summit bringing together the sharpest minds in finance and operations.You'll hear directly from industry leaders on how they're using AI to shape the future of finance, and how your team can get ahead of the curve. I'll be speaking on panels with finance leaders from Anthropic, Snowflake, Mercury and more. The summit is October 28th in San Francisco; I hope to see you there.Sign up for the summit at campfiresummit.ai or learn more about Campfire at www.campfire.ai. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mostlymetrics.com

Agenda: 04:00 – Anthropic Raises $13BN: The Analysis? 19:00 – Is Zuck's $14BN Scale bet the biggest blunder in AI? 27:00 – Lovable Raising at $4BN and Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Madness? 36:00 – Quarterly Results for Snowflake, Mongo, Okta, Zoom Skyrocket: Is B2B SaaS back from the dead? 48:00 – Is Jensen Huang right there will be $4TRN in AI gains? 57:00 – Will AI wipe out SaaS margins with 10% GPU taxes? Or is Notion the exception? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode: Try NEXOS.AI for yourself with a 14-day free trial: https://nexos.ai/20vc    

Most companies experimenting with AI run into the same roadblocks: messy data, stalled pilots, and unclear next steps. Brian Gannuscio has spent over a decade helping organizations move past those barriers by focusing on the architecture that makes AI possible. In this episode, he explains why waiting for perfect data is a mistake, how tools like Snowflake and Salesforce Data Cloud work together, and what it really takes to modernize without driving up costs. You'll also hear concrete stories—from uncovering $50M in new sales to cutting approval queues by 70%—that show how smarter use of data translates into results.Episode Highlights(06:00) Why “perfect” data isn't required to start using AI(08:15) How one project uncovered $50M in new sales opportunities(13:00) What a modern data architecture actually looks like in practice(15:40) Using zero-copy connectors to simplify access for business users(19:00) Turning a 25-page Word doc into an AI tool that cut approval queues by 70%(22:30) Natural language as the next interface for data(25:30) How AI shifts focus from manual “junk work” to higher-value priorities(29:00) Why content quality matters just as much as data quality in AI projects(37:00) Why so many AI pilots stall — and how to build use cases that scale

The Untold Story of Bryan Kohberger: Digital Ghost to Prison Snowflake The Bryan Kohberger case is more than a courtroom headline — it's a labyrinth of unanswered questions, eerie parallels, and a man unraveling in real time. This full breakdown with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer pulls no punches, exposing the mysteries and the psychology behind one of the most infamous names in true crime. First, there's Pappa Rodger, the anonymous online persona who seemed to know far too much before the public ever did. Posts about knife sheaths, entry points, and crime scene choices echoed Koberger's criminology surveys almost word for word. Law enforcement says it wasn't him — but the eerie similarities force us to ask: if not him, then who? Then, there's the collapse of the so-called “criminal mastermind.” Behind bars, Kohberger isn't projecting dominance. He's complaining about meal trays, fearing inmate threats, and grasping at legal straws. Far from the image of control, what emerges is a fragile man crumbling under pressure, proving that theory and reality are worlds apart. But the red flags didn't start in prison — they were flashing years earlier. As a teaching assistant at Washington State, Kohberger racked up thirteen formal complaints in just three months. Students described intimidation and harassment. Professors warned colleagues he was dangerous. One student even wrote: “my TA looks like a murderer.” The signs were there, and they were ignored. Add to that the odd gaps in evidence collection — items tested for blood months later, reports that feel incomplete — and you see the picture of a case that is both airtight and unsettling. Not because the outcome is in doubt, but because the process leaves you wondering what else is still in the shadows. This isn't just the story of one man. It's a story about how institutions miss warnings, how digital ghosts confuse investigations, and how the façade of control collapses under real-world pressure. Bryan Kohberger wanted to dominate — online, in classrooms, in life. What we're left with now is the truth behind the mask. Hashtags: #BryanKohberger #PappaRodger #IdahoMurders #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Idaho4 #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #PrisonLife #Appeal #RedFlagsIgnored #TrueCrimeBreakdown Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The Untold Story of Bryan Kohberger: Digital Ghost to Prison Snowflake The Bryan Kohberger case is more than a courtroom headline — it's a labyrinth of unanswered questions, eerie parallels, and a man unraveling in real time. This full breakdown with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer pulls no punches, exposing the mysteries and the psychology behind one of the most infamous names in true crime. First, there's Pappa Rodger, the anonymous online persona who seemed to know far too much before the public ever did. Posts about knife sheaths, entry points, and crime scene choices echoed Koberger's criminology surveys almost word for word. Law enforcement says it wasn't him — but the eerie similarities force us to ask: if not him, then who? Then, there's the collapse of the so-called “criminal mastermind.” Behind bars, Kohberger isn't projecting dominance. He's complaining about meal trays, fearing inmate threats, and grasping at legal straws. Far from the image of control, what emerges is a fragile man crumbling under pressure, proving that theory and reality are worlds apart. But the red flags didn't start in prison — they were flashing years earlier. As a teaching assistant at Washington State, Kohberger racked up thirteen formal complaints in just three months. Students described intimidation and harassment. Professors warned colleagues he was dangerous. One student even wrote: “my TA looks like a murderer.” The signs were there, and they were ignored. Add to that the odd gaps in evidence collection — items tested for blood months later, reports that feel incomplete — and you see the picture of a case that is both airtight and unsettling. Not because the outcome is in doubt, but because the process leaves you wondering what else is still in the shadows. This isn't just the story of one man. It's a story about how institutions miss warnings, how digital ghosts confuse investigations, and how the façade of control collapses under real-world pressure. Bryan Kohberger wanted to dominate — online, in classrooms, in life. What we're left with now is the truth behind the mask. Hashtags: #BryanKohberger #PappaRodger #IdahoMurders #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Idaho4 #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #PrisonLife #Appeal #RedFlagsIgnored #TrueCrimeBreakdown Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The Untold Story of Bryan Kohberger: Digital Ghost to Prison Snowflake The Bryan Kohberger case is more than a courtroom headline — it's a labyrinth of unanswered questions, eerie parallels, and a man unraveling in real time. This full breakdown with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer pulls no punches, exposing the mysteries and the psychology behind one of the most infamous names in true crime. First, there's Pappa Rodger, the anonymous online persona who seemed to know far too much before the public ever did. Posts about knife sheaths, entry points, and crime scene choices echoed Koberger's criminology surveys almost word for word. Law enforcement says it wasn't him — but the eerie similarities force us to ask: if not him, then who? Then, there's the collapse of the so-called “criminal mastermind.” Behind bars, Kohberger isn't projecting dominance. He's complaining about meal trays, fearing inmate threats, and grasping at legal straws. Far from the image of control, what emerges is a fragile man crumbling under pressure, proving that theory and reality are worlds apart. But the red flags didn't start in prison — they were flashing years earlier. As a teaching assistant at Washington State, Kohberger racked up thirteen formal complaints in just three months. Students described intimidation and harassment. Professors warned colleagues he was dangerous. One student even wrote: “my TA looks like a murderer.” The signs were there, and they were ignored. Add to that the odd gaps in evidence collection — items tested for blood months later, reports that feel incomplete — and you see the picture of a case that is both airtight and unsettling. Not because the outcome is in doubt, but because the process leaves you wondering what else is still in the shadows. This isn't just the story of one man. It's a story about how institutions miss warnings, how digital ghosts confuse investigations, and how the façade of control collapses under real-world pressure. Bryan Kohberger wanted to dominate — online, in classrooms, in life. What we're left with now is the truth behind the mask. Hashtags: #BryanKohberger #PappaRodger #IdahoMurders #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Idaho4 #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #PrisonLife #Appeal #RedFlagsIgnored #TrueCrimeBreakdown Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The Justice brothers are back from Labor Day and dive into one of the biggest catalysts of the year: the unemployment report. From “bad news is good news” to “good news is bad news,” they map out all four possible outcomes and how each could impact bonds, equities, and the dollar. They also review RSP, small-caps, and the Dow to see if breadth can keep strengthening the bull case. The discussion then shifts to China's AI surge—Alibaba's blowout growth, a domestic chip launch aimed at Nvidia, and DeepSeek's disruptive “Sputnik moment.” Add in September's seasonal headwinds, a packed “Stock It or Drop It” lineup (Ulta, Snowflake, CrowdStrike, Dick's, Wheaton, Delta, Citi), plus Coaches Corner on covered calls, tariffs, and trading setups—and you've got a can't-miss episode.

(0:00) Intro(1:26) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel(2:13) Start of interview(2:53) Teresa's origin story(4:30) Her career path at Deloitte (37-year career)(7:40) Transition to Board Service(8:37) Joining the board of ServiceNow(10:57) Joining the board of Warby Parker and understanding Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs)(14:48) Joining the boards of Snowflake and Docusign(15:38) Insights on Audit Committees (*reference to E179 with Jack Lazar)(17:10) Evolving Responsibilities of Audit Committees(21:40) The Climate and ESG Discussion(24:15) Boardroom Diversity Trends(26:13) The Rise of AI in Business(30:18) Navigating Geopolitical Changes(33:36) Handling Crisis Situations (her experience with whistleblower case and special committee with outside counsel investigation)(37:28) Engaging with Activist Investors(38:40) Founder Mentality vs. Governance *Reference to VC-Board Academy (on October 28, 2025 in NYC)(42:10) The Future of Private vs. Public Companies (impact of IPOs) *Mention of CaaStle fraud case.(45:57) The Impact of AI on Human Capital(48:29) Work from Home Dynamics(50:05) Book that has greatly influenced her life: Outlive, by Peter Attia (2022)(50:50) Her mentors. Rich Fineberg(51:51) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives his life by.(52:24) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves.(53:11) The living person she most admires.Teresa Briggs serves on the boards of DocuSign, ServiceNow, Snowflake and Warby Parker. She is a member of the audit committee for each company and is the audit committee chair of ServiceNow, DocuSign, and Warby Parker. You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Marketing is changing forever.    In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop and board member at Gap, to explore how agentic AI and GrowthLoop's Compound Marketing Engine are transforming the way brands connect with their customers.   Chris shares how GrowthLoop applies AI on top of modern data clouds like Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks to automate audience targeting, personalize campaigns in real time, and accelerate experimentation loops.    He explains why speed and iteration matter more than ever, how companies like Allegro doubled their return on ad spend with GrowthLoop, and why the future of marketing belongs to brands that embrace agentic AI.   If you're a marketer, technologist, or business leader looking to stay ahead in the age of AI, this conversation is packed with practical insights you can't afford to miss. Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X:https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI

¡Emprendeduros! En este episodio Rodrigo y Alejandro nos dan una actualización de mercado donde hablan del estatus del mercado, de los comentarios de Jerome Powell y de las expectativas de inflacion y de empleo. Nos dan los reportes de ingreso de PinDuoDuo, Crowdstrike, Snowflake, Dollar General y Nvidia. Después hablan de una compra de cafe enorme y de una sociedad cuantica. Finalmente nos dan el análisis de crypto donde hablan de BTC vs ETH y de la moneda estable de Europa. ¡Síguenos en Instagram! Alejandro: https://www.instagram.com/salomondrin Rodrigo: https://www.instagram.com/rodnavarro Emprendeduros: https://www.instagram.com/losemprendeduros

Logan is joined by Marc Benioff, the legendary co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, for a wide-ranging conversation on the rise of AI in enterprises. Marc explains how Salesforce has become the testing ground for its own “agentic” technology, using AI agents to handle customer support, boost sales, and transform marketing. He also shares his perspective on what's hype vs. reality in the AI race, the opportunities for startups, and why the future is about humans and agents working together. (00:00) Introduction and Salesforce's Lead Management (00:35) Reflecting on the Last Eight Months (01:14) The Impact of AI on Salesforce Operations (02:15) AI's Role in Customer Support and Sales (03:45) Salesforce's Vision for an Agentic Enterprise (05:00) Public Market Sentiment and AI Adoption (06:15) Salesforce's Data and Application Foundations (08:13) The Future of CRM and ITSM Markets (12:57) Managing Agents and Human Workers (17:45) Salesforce's Growth and AI Product Line (19:38) Pricing Models and Customer Success Stories (23:26) The Role of AI in Different Market Segments (28:51) Salesforce Ventures and Startup Investments (36:05) Advice for Young Professionals and Future Trends (41:04) Dreamforce Executive Producer: Rashad Assir Producer: Leah Clapper Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA

AGENDA: ​​00:00 – Marc Benioff vs Snowflake, Databricks & Palantir: Who Wins the Data Cloud War? 05:10 – Does Benioff Feel The Need to Buy AI Talent Like Zuck Is? 09:00 – What Salesforce has Learned From Palantir on Forward Deployed Engineers? 18:00 – Will SaaS apps disappear in an AI world? Why Satya is Chatting S*** 23:40 – Are SDRs really screwed by AI… or just evolving? 26:10 – Benioff on Who Wins: OpenAI or Anthropic? 30:00 – Nat Friedman reports to Alex Wang: Genius move or career downgrade? 34:00 – Anthropic's $10B round: Have we hit peak AI hype? 47:00 – Klarna's wild ride: From $45B to $6B to IPO at $15B 55:00 – Inside a16z's seed machine: 72 bets vs Sequoia's 27 57:45 – Martìn Casado: Is consensus investing dangerous—or the only game? 01:05:00 – The big lesson: consensus, contrarian, and why investing is harder than ever  

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber engaged in a wide-ranging conversation about Nvidia and what's next for the stock and the AI trade. The world's most valuable company posted a Q2 earnings beat, but the stock fell in reaction to lighter-than-expected data center revenue growth -- and a Q3 outlook that did not include H20 chip shipments to China. The anchors also discussed the lawsuit Fed governor Lisa Cook filed against the Trump Administration, contesting the president's move to fire her. Also in focus: The retail earnings parade led by Dollar General and Best Buy, Snowflake soars, upheaval at the CDC. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

Today features special guest and former Saxonian, Peter Garnry, CEO and Co-founder of Gesda Capital, who takes us through his thoughts on Nvidia after the earnings call yesterday and especially its medium to longer term growth potential versus the current valuation. We also cover Crowdstrike and Snowflake earnings, where Peter looks for investment opportunities when so many pockets of the market are overvalued, thoughts on the geopolitical backdrop and much more. Today's pod hosted by Saxo Global Head of Macro Strategy John J. Hardy. Link to Gesda Capital home page and Peter Garnry's substack. Links discussed on the podcast and our Chart of the Day can be found on the John J. Hardy substack (with a one- to two-hour delay from the time of the podcast release). Read daily in-depth market updates from the Saxo Market Call and the Saxo Strategy Team here. Please reach out to us at marketcall@saxobank.com for feedback and questions. Click here to open an account with Saxo. Intro and outro music by AShamaluevMusic