Podcast appearances and mentions of Travis Kalanick

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to the “All-In Podcast's” Jason Calacanis about the origins of podcasting and how it evolved from blogging; his obsession with mastering every part of media production for independence; the early days of podcasting before mainstream adoption; the influence of figures like Howard Stern, Adam Curry, and Tom Green on new media; the emotional impact and asymmetrical intimacy of daily podcasting; how fame in podcasting differs from traditional celebrity; his extroverted nature and unique connection with fans; investing in startups like Uber and Robinhood with high risk but massive returns; his “mutant” ability to spot winners in angel investing early, like Uber's Travis Kalanick; how he looks for founder traits like intensity, awkwardness, and deep conviction; why his childhood poverty in Brooklyn fueled his drive for wealth and control; the emotional moment when he became financially secure; the dangers of post-exit depression for entrepreneurs; how true freedom comes from building without needing permission or investors; the importance of skills over vague dream-chasing; how Founder University helps teach practical startup essentials; how Silicon Valley figures like Elon Musk were initially dismissed in LA's entertainment circles; how the tech industry evolved from being admired to viewed with skepticism after the rise of Facebook and social media toxicity; how Elon nearly lost Tesla and SpaceX during the 2008 crisis; how Jason offered to personally loan Elon money and pre-ordered two Model S cars to support him; how that Model S became a historic prototype worth over $1 million; and much more.

In this episode, recorded at the 2025 Abundance Summit, Travis and Peter discuss what it takes to disrupt a whole industry, tips from founding Uber, and more.  Recorded on March 12th, 2025 Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice. Travis Kalanick is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Uber, the ride-hailing company that revolutionized urban transportation globally. After stepping down from Uber in 2017, he launched CloudKitchens, a startup focused on ghost kitchens and food delivery infrastructure. Learn more about Abundance360: https://bit.ly/ABUNDANCE360  Learn more about Exponential Mastery: https://bit.ly/exponentialmastery  Learn more about CloudKitchens: https://cloudkitchens.com/  ____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are,  please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:  Get started with Fountain Life and become the CEO of your health: https://fountainlife.com/peter/ AI-powered precision diagnosis you NEED for a healthy gut: https://www.viome.com/peter  Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PETER at  https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod _____________ I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today's and tomorrow's exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now:  Tech Blog _____________ Connect With Peter: Twitter Instagram Youtube Moonshots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNick is an entrepreneur and journalist. He was the founder of Gawker Media, the publisher of Gizmodo, and the editor of Valleywag. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times — as a derivatives and tech correspondent — and later founded a Silicon Valley news aggregator called Moreover Technologies. He's now working on Maze.com, which hosts a network map of near-future timelines.For two clips of our convo — on the growing global dominance of China, and the Chinese outcompeting Elon Musk — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised in Hampstead in the lower-middle class; a Jewish mom who fled the Communists in Hungary; growing up on sci-fi; Asimov's Foundation; attending Oxford like his father; game theory; being a young reporter in London, Hungary, Romania, and Singapore; pioneering the internet in the ‘90s; Foundation parallels with Singapore; Lee Kuan Yew; Chinese pragmatism; Taiwan; EVs in China; Musk's companies; tech theft between the US and China; DOGE and Trump reigning in Musk; Peter Thiel; Andy Grove; Uber's Travis Kalanick; Kara Swisher; Oculus' Palmer Luckey; how Silicon Valley is PR obsessed; Zuckerberg; David Sacks and crypto; Andreessen; drones; Ukraine; Thatcher; housing crisis in the UK; Orbán; the German Greens; Russian expansionism; the Poles and nukes; Trump's tariffs; Tucker's interview with Putin; the growing US-Europe rift; Greenland; AI and DeepSeek; and Nick's predictions as a futurist.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Douglas Murray on Israel and Gaza, Evan Wolfson on the history of marriage equality, Francis Collins on faith and science and Covid, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on Covid's fallout, and Paul Elie on his book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

YouTuber, writer, and coder Sophia Tung recaps the week's most important AV news, including Waymo's big Bay Area expansion, multiple Tesla controversies, Travis Kalanick's robotaxi regrets, Rivian's hands-free driving debut, and more. This week's episode is shorter than usual, but hopefully it serves as a good introduction to Sophia and her point of view on AI mobility. She'll be podcasting more with us in the future. As a reminder, the first Ride AI summit is taking place on April 2 at Neuehouse in Hollywood, California. We already have an amazing group of speakers lined up, including Amnon Shashua of Mobileye, Gill Pratt of TRI, and other top decision makers from Waymo, Zoox, Wayve, Apollo Go, Nuro, and more. There's a ton of excitement around the fact that this will be the first event of its kind that people will be able to take a fully driverless Waymo robotaxi to, making it the perfect opportunity to inaugurate the second chapter of this technological space. The on-stage conversations will be focused on this shift, from experiments and ideas to delivering real-world realities, and how to reboot conversations with stakeholders in the public sector, capital markets, media, and beyond.Tickets are currently on sale ⁠here⁠: https://ti.to/rideai/ride-ai-2025

In this episode of Navigating Nepotism and Favoritism, we dive deep into the challenges posed by nepotism and favoritism within organizational leadership. From the recent controversies surrounding San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins to high-profile corporate examples like Travis Kalanick's tenure at Uber, we explore how these practices can undermine trust, erode team dynamics, and stifle organizational success. Join us as we discuss the long-term consequences of prioritizing personal relationships over merit and share practical guidelines for fostering fairness in hiring and promotions. Whether you're a leader looking to maintain ethical boundaries or an employee navigating a challenging workplace, this episode offers valuable insights and actionable advice.   Tune in to understand the importance of integrity in leadership and how we can all contribute to creating more just and equitable workplaces.  

Today we are going to talk about founder-led companies, which can provide high returns for investors – but also be high risk.From Uber's aggressive expansion tactics under Travis Kalanick, Theranos's fraudulent blood testing under Elizabeth Holmes, and WeWork's unsustainable growth under Adam Neumann, founder-led companies can be more at risk of corporate management shortfalls and pose a need for more rigorous governance standards.Lawrence Lam joins host Rose Mary Petrass on the podcast today.He is the managing director and founder of Lumenary Investment Management and the author of The Founder Effect – a book that provides a framework to identify and invest in high-performing founder-led companies.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

We sat down with Davis Bae, the Managing Partner of the Seattle Office of Fisher & Phillips to talk about the immigration issue and how operators need to prepare for the foreseeable future. Is this a passing fad or the new normal? We'll discuss. And we take a few minutes to discuss a future business model that includes cloud kitchens and what Travis Kalanick of Uber fame is up to in that area. We'll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.

(0:00) The Besties intro Travis Kalanick! (2:11) Travis breaks down the future of food and the state of CloudKitchens (13:34) Sacks breaks in! (15:38) DeepSeek panic: What's real, training innovation, China, impact on markets and the AI industry (50:14) US vs China in AI, the Singapore backdoor (1:01:51) OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise ~$40B with Masa as the lead investor (1:10:37) DOGE's first 10 days (1:25:13) Future of Self Driving: Uber, Waymo, Tesla (1:38:04) Fed holds rates steady, how DOGE can impact rate cuts (1:44:17) Fatal DC plane crash Follow Travis: https://x.com/travisk Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1/blob/main/DeepSeek_R1.pdf https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-company-trained-gpt-4-rival-with-just-2-000-gpus-01-ai-spent-usd3m-compared-to-openais-usd80m-to-usd100m https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html https://x.com/shrihacker/status/1884414667503853749 https://x.com/balajis/status/1884975064283812270 https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2025/01/29/meta-platforms-meta-q4-2024 earnings-call-transcri https://x.com/mrexits/status/1885017400308806121 https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-01-28-2025/card/deepseek-s-ai-learned-from-chatgpt-trump-s-ai-czar-says-LoCYvz2Lm0riS0AuEoB5 https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-distillation-has-become-the-scariest-wordfor-ai-companies-aa146ae3 https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/why-deepseeks-new-ai-model-thinks-its-chatgpt https://x.com/rauchg/status/1875627666113740892 https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6 https://x.com/satyanadella/status/1883753899255046301 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1883192498274873513 https://x.com/rihardjarc/status/1884263865703358726 https://x.com/austen/status/1884444298130674000 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/openai-in-talks-to-raise-up-to-40-billion-at-340-billion-valuation.html https://x.com/america/status/1884372526144598056 https://x.com/DOGE/status/1884396041786524032 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency https://x.com/Jason/status/1884671945800573018 https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-starts-term-weak-approval-rating/story?id=118146633 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/cpi-inflation-december-2024-.html https://x.com/chamath/status/1885068981905875241

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber's Series B at Menlo alongside leading Warby Parker's Series A and investing in Tumblr, all in just 18 months at Menlo. Following Menlo, Shervin co-founded Sherpa Capital and today Shervin is averaging over 73x on his investments. As an angel investor, Shervin made over 100 investments in the likes of Dollar Shave Club, Postmates, Facebook and more.  In Today's Episode with Shervin Pishevar: 08:09 Meeting Travis Kalanick: The Start of a Game-Changing Partnership 11:08 The Uber Series B: Securing a Billion-Dollar Deal 12:49 The Rise of Uber: Global Expansion and Strategic Moves 19:01 The Lyft Rivalry: Missed Opportunities and Lessons Learned 20:57 Recruiting Emil Michael: Building a Strong Leadership Team 24:29 Uber China: The Challenges and Triumphs 27:19 The $15 Billion Raise: Fueling Uber's Global Dominance 30:57 The Beginning of the End: Betrayal by Benchmark 35:33 Sam Altman's Coup and Lessons from the Past 36:22 The Uber War: Legal Battles and Boardroom Drama 37:36 Fusion GPS and Fabricated Reports 39:43 The Me Too Movement and Its Impact 40:51 The SoftBank Investment and Leadership Changes 41:29 The Downfall of Uber's Visionaries 51:09 The Future of Venture Capital 57:01 Quantum Computing and AI: The Next Frontier      

Gig-jobbare tar över en allt större del av arbetsmarknaden. Men de nya affärsmodellerna för plattformsföretagen krockar med den svenska modellen. En färsk dom slår fast att ett appföretag kan ha arbetsmiljöansvar för de som tar påhuggen. Samtidigt kan ett EU-beslut få stora konsekvenser för hela branschen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Programledare:Hanna MalmodinMedverkande och röster i programmet:Sven Carlsson, gräv- och teknikreporter, Ekot Gustav Hägg, docent i företagsekonomi, Malmö universitet Ramatis Soares, bud Sirin Celik, utredare, Svenska Transportarbetarförbundet Travis Kalanick, grundare, Uber Richard Lindeen, operativ talesperson, Wolt Producent:Olof Wijnbladhekonomiekotextra@sverigesradio.se

In this week's episode of Market Mondays, we dive into a variety of topics shaping the world of investing. First, we explore Meta's ambitious $10 billion investment in undersea fiber optic cables, discussing how this could revolutionize global connectivity and uncover exciting investment opportunities. Troy delivers a detailed presentation on stock options, offering actionable insights to elevate your portfolio strategy. On the crypto front, we break down XRP's leap to the #3 spot in crypto market cap, fueled by BlackRock and JP Morgan launching XRP ETFs, and analyze its future in the crypto ecosystem. We also discuss the possibility of Microsoft adding Bitcoin to its asset portfolio after insights from Michael Saylor, and what this could mean for both the tech giant and the broader crypto market. Could XRP dethrone Bitcoin as the top cryptocurrency? We evaluate what it would take for XRP to challenge Bitcoin's dominance.Switching gears, we examine Trump's tariffs and their potential impact on various industries and the market over the next four years. We also highlight high-growth, high-debt companies like MicroStrategy and quantum computing firms, analyzing their growth drivers and whether this momentum is sustainable. For crypto enthusiasts, we share our predictions on the next big market run, questioning whether it will happen by early 2024 or stretch into late 2025. We also discuss our top stock picks beyond giants like Apple and Microsoft, explaining why these under-the-radar investments could be game-changers. Finally, we examine the implications of industry leaders like Bill Ackman, Marc Andreessen, and Travis Kalanick joining the Department of Government Efficiency, and how their expertise could reshape government operations and unlock new investment opportunities. Tune in for a comprehensive discussion packed with insights to help you make informed investment decisions! #MarketMondays #Investing #Crypto #StockMarket #Meta #XRP #Bitcoin #Microsoft #Tariffs #HighGrowthStocks #BillAckman #MarcAndreessen #StockOptions #FinanceTipsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/marketmondays/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Unfortunately, many employers have held onto outdated beliefs about employment and entrepreneurship. In this episode, I share why I agree with Nassim Taleb's belief that getting a monthly salary (i.e. full-time employment) as opposed to working as a consultant often does more harm than good!  If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review! My mission is to help and support as many FinTech startups as possible, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast and help their companies! If you are on Apple, just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is.    Today's episode: [00:41] An overview of the focus of today's show.  [01:14] The dangers of drugs vs. a monthly check [01:48] The stories that inspired me to record this episode.  [03:10] Issues that have become commonplace in big companies.  [04:51] Nassim Taleb's thoughts on the harm caused by formal employment.  [07:23] Travis Kalanick's biggest battle as Uber's CEO.  [09:26] A personal experience highlighting how employers misinterpret full-time employment and entrepreneurship.  [16:18] Lessons that can be learned from the communist revolution.  [18:48] Share your thoughts!   Show links: Interested in FinTech compliance? - consider investing in the FinTech Compliance Self-Starter Package! I would love to invite you to sign up for my newsletter. If you are interested, please click here.

This week's podcast is about CloudKitchens, the new venture of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. And why I think it is a better business model than Uber. In theory.You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts.Here is the link to the TechMoat Consulting.Here is the link to the Tech Tour.Here is the interview with Travis on the All in Podcast about this business.———I write, speak and consult about how to win (and not lose) in digital strategy and transformation.I am the founder of TechMoat Consulting, a boutique consulting firm that helps retailers, brands, and technology companies exploit digital change to grow faster, innovate better and build digital moats. Get in touch here.My book series Moats and Marathons is one-of-a-kind framework for building and measuring competitive advantages in digital businesses.This content (articles, podcasts, website info) is not investment, legal or tax advice. The information and opinions from me and any guests may be incorrect. The numbers and information may be wrong. The views expressed may no longer be relevant or accurate. This is not investment advice. Investing is risky. Do your own research.Support the show

Scott Gorlick was employee #99 at Uber. Over 6 years, Scott built Uber in Atlanta and helped the company scale from 10 cities to $10B in revenue. Scott is also a prolific angel investor having written early checks into Lime and Standard Cognition to name a few. In Today's Episode with Scott Gorlick We Discuss: 1. The Driver Acquisition Playbook: Scaling to 1M Drivers How did Uber acquire 1M drivers? What was the playbook? What worked? What did not work? How much of a role did driver-to-driver referral payments have in driver acquisition? What did Lyft do on the driver acquisition side that Uber should have done? What did the retention look like for drivers on a 30, 60 and 90 day period? 2. The City Expansion Playbook: What was the expansion playbook that Uber used for new cities? What worked in ramping demand in a new city? What did not work? How much of a role did promotions and discounting play? Lessons from them? Why did Uber often let Lyft launch in a new market first? What was the benefit of this? How did Scott see the maturation rate change with new markets opening? How fast did each subsequent market reach profitability? 3. Travis Kalanick and What Uber Could Have Been: How would Uber be different today if Travis was still in charge? What are the biggest mistakes that Dara has made with their M&A strategy? What are some of Scott's biggest leadership lessons from working with Travis? How did Travis create such strong followership and cult around him? What were the single biggest management mistakes made by Travis?  

This episode is a two-for-one, and that's because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I've curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.The episode features segments from episode #79 "Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions" and #729 "Legendary Actor Scott Glenn — How to Be Super Fit at 85, Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to Pursue Your Purpose, The Art of Serendipity, Stories of Gunslingers, and More."Please enjoy!Sponsors:Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off)Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.)Timestamps:[00:00] Start [05:19] Notes about this supercombo format.[06:23] Enter Chris Sacca.[06:53] Traits of founders for whom success, at massive scale, seems predestined.[08:00] Travis Kalanick and Nintendo Wii Tennis.[09:55] Resources for cultivating investing chops, emotional intelligence, and general empathy.[18:37] Chris' evolving concept of success.[22:31] What Chris and his brother Brian's parents did right.[26:47] What Chris looks for when hiring.[29:23] The prophetic notebook.[31:29] Advice to aimless college graduates.[34:06] Two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris' business[38:16] Enter Scott Glenn.[38:44] Idaho vs. Los Angeles.[44:59] Apocalypse Now, self-confidence soon after.[49:00] Burt Lancaster's movie star lessons.[54:41] The birth and death of Wes Hightower.[1:03:56] Catching the attention of James Bridges.[1:06:12] Scarlet fever.[1:07:57] From Marine to police reporter.[1:12:42] Berghof Studios and parental advice.[1:21:12] Converting to Judaism.[1:24:04] Lao Tzu: the ultimate mystic?[1:28:44] Letting go with Killer Joe.[1:33:20] "Crazy Whitefella Thinking."[1:38:53] Getting out of the way and Erwan Le Corre.[1:42:19] Lessons from the "morally phenomenal" Marlon Brando.[1:46:54] How Scott's childhood bout with scarlet fever informed his life's course.[1:49:33] Daily routines and exercises of an in-shape 85-year-old.[2:05:46] Securing a serendipitous skill set.[2:12:41] Thailand talk.[2:16:46] Increasing surface luck.[2:17:32] How Scott met and fell in love with his wife.[2:23:32] "Just dance."[2:24:14] Mistakenly calling Rudolf Nureyev Russian.[2:26:24] Poetry.[2:30:31] What Laurence Olivier knew about the value of tenacity.[2:32:09] Parting thoughts.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian Tolkin is the Head of Product at Opendoor. Previously, he was one of the early employees at Uber, where he was instrumental in launching and growing UberPool, UberHop, and UberExpress and started one of the first product operations teams in tech. In our conversation, we dive into:• How to enable product and ops to work well together• How to run great product reviews• How to make good decisions with limited data• How he uses the jobs-to-be-done framework at Opendoor• How to stay calm under pressure as a leader• Wild stories from his time at Uber• Challenges faced at Opendoor during the pandemic• Much more—Brought to you by:• Pendo—The only all-in-one product experience platform for any type of application• Explo—Embed customer-facing analytics in your product• Attio—The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups—Find the transcript and references at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/scaling-uber-and-opendoor-brian-tolkin—Where to find Brian Tolkin:• X: https://x.com/briantolkin• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantolkin/—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) Brian's background(02:14) Career beginnings at Uber(02:49) Transitioning from product operations to product management(06:47) Product and operations synergy(10:00) Surge pricing at Uber(12:18) Scaling challenges, and stories(15:47) Opendoor and Covid adaptations(25:38) Product reviews and Jobs to Be Done(40:30) The challenges of A/B testing(42:23) Increasing conviction in solutions(44:33) Leveraging intuition in product decisions(47:07) Partnering with Zillow(52:55) Staying calm under pressure(56:25) Finding the “kernel of truth” in product management(01:00:21) Failure corner: Early days of Uber Pool(01:06:11) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Twitter's former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/twitters-former-head-of-product-kayvon-beykpour• Opendoor: https://sell.opendoor.com/• How to sell your ideas and rise within your company | Casey Winters, Eventbrite: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-sell-your-ideas-and-rise-within• Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Canva, Reddit, Grubhub): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/thinking-beyond-frameworks-casey• Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/lessons-from-30-years-of-building• FlashTags: A Simple Hack for Conveying Context Without Confusion: https://www.onstartups.com/flashtags-a-simple-hack-for-conveying-context-without-confusion• Jobs to Be Done Theory: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/theory/jobs-to-be-done• The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-jtbd-bob-moesta-co-creator-of-the-framework/• Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/• Zillow, Opendoor announce multi-year partnership: https://investor.opendoor.com/news-releases/news-release-details/zillow-opendoor-announce-multi-year-partnership• Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-product-at-stripe-jeff-weinstein• Stripe Atlas: https://stripe.com/atlas• Founders podcast: https://www.founderspodcast.com/• Uber will deliver ice cream to you today: https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/food/2016/07/13/uber-will-deliver-ice-cream/24201840007/• UberKittens: https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uberkittens/• UberPuppies: https://www.uber.com/blog/uberpuppies-want-to-play/• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike: https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-NIKE/dp/1471146723• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Improbable-Incerto/dp/1400063515• The Design of Everyday Things: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465050654• Shantaram: https://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-SHANTARAM-Paperback-GregoryDavidRoberts/dp/B00QPVJESC• Full Swing on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81483353• Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80204890• Break Point on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81569920• Air on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/AIR-Matt-Damon/dp/B0B8Q3JMCG• Fi smart dog collar: https://tryfi.com/• Particle: https://particlenews.ai/• Sara Beykpour on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarabeykpour/• A new-parent gift guide for product managers: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/a-new-parent-gift-guide-for-product• Jeff Holden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffholden/• Travis Kalanick on X: https://x.com/travisk—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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Welcome to my new super-artisanal-limited-edition Summer Scheme Series: PaddleSchemin!!! This is just me having fun on the lake rambling about all the topics & schemes I'm having. In this episode we cover the following: 0:00 Live from Seattle, WA 1:08 Tesla Deliveries 1:33 Seaplane Takeoff 2:24 Travis Kalanick joining Tesla Cybercab project!? 5:08 Bumping into a big ship 6:15 I love my Paddelboard 6:47 Tesla Cyber Cargo ship with battery swapping 8:30 Tesla Electric Paddleboard would be so awesome 10:35 Tesla Cybercab will change cities 11:00 FSD Update 12:25 PaddleSchemin is available on all podcasting platforms 12:48 Cooking with Chat GPT 16:00 Seaplane Takeoff 16:45 Tesla Self Cleaning Robotaxi patent 17:43 I hope Cyercab looks beautiful 19:00 Tesla Energy & insane Megapack growth 20:24 Megapack financials 20:50 We need better architecture 21:23 Queen Anne Falls Future of Seattle Megascheme

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins Morning Brew Daily for an exclusive interview where he discusses Uber's focus on affordability, which includes scheduling UberX Shares and launching shuttles that will take customers to and from concerts and events for a lower fare. He also shares his thoughts on autonomous vehicles and EVs. And where does Uber stand on competition with Lyft and Tesla? Plus, a deep dive into Uber's ad business, their new partnership with Instacart and will Uber really pull out of Minneapolis? Then, Dara explains what his biggest challenges were when taking over for former CEO Travis Kalanick and how playing Dungeons and Dragons has inspired his leadership style. And finally, what is the CEO of Uber's.... Uber rating? 00:00 - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins MBD 01:00 - Launching UberX Share 02:45 - Uber Shuttle to concerts  06:40 - Autonomous vehicles  12:40 - Uber's EV projection  15:00 - Uber and Minneapolis  17:00 - Competition with Lyft  17:45 - Instacart deal with Uber Eats  21:00 - Surge pricing's future  23:15 - Uber ad business 26:00 - Uber Direct  28:00 - US attracting leadership 30:15 - Taking over as Uber CEO 32:35 - Biggest regret at Uber  35:10 - Dungeons and Dragons lessons 37:25 - Dara's Uber rating Get your Morning Brew Daily Mug HERE: https://shop.morningbrew.com/products/morning-brew-daily-mug?utm_medium=youtube&utm_source=mbd&utm_campaign=mug Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us in this insightful episode of The Digital Restaurant Podcast from the Food on Demand Conference at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Dive into the discussions with industry experts like Andrew Custage from Medallia and Deena DePhillips from Red Robin, as they explore pivotal topics ranging from the impacts of delivery versus pickup pricing to the crucial decisions between building versus buying technology. Don't miss Travis Kalanick's rare appearance at a conference stage, sharing visionary thoughts on the future of meal delivery and automation. Tap into the complexities and strategies behind restaurant technology, third-party platforms, and more. Whether you're an industry veteran or a curious newcomer, this episode offers valuable perspectives on the evolving landscape of restaurant technology.Support the Show.

Today's episode is with legendary executive and operator, Emil Michael. Emil was the former SVP at Tellme Networks, a company that he helped sell for over $600 million in the early 2000s. Shortly after, Emil joined Uber as the Chief Business Officer alongside Travis Kalanick, and helped this startup grow into one of the greatest tech juggernauts in the world, a company that's now worth $160 billion. In this conversation, we dive deep into what it takes to build an iconic organization that changes the world, how to build winning cultures, and the negotiation secrets that Emil used to close multi-billion dollar deals.

Do we really need more jeremiads exposing the Randian greed of Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg & Travis Kalanick? Rob Lalka's THE VENTURE ALCHEMISTS is about how big tech turned profits into power. but this has been the alchemy of American economic life for two hundred years. What isn't clear to me is how we are supposed to distinguish good big tech guys like Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, Craig Newmark, & Reid Hoffman from the evil Peter Thiel, Travis Kalanick and Elon Musk. Lalka's fetishization of “ordinary people” might be well meaning, but it doesn't really address today's alchemic challenge of democratizing the economic benefits of technological innovation. Rob Lalka is Professor of Practice in Management and the Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business and the Executive Director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He has twice received the A.B. Freeman School's Excellence in Intellectual Contributions Award and is the author of a forthcoming book, The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power, from Columbia University Press. Lalka moved to New Orleans from Washington, DC, where he was a director at Village Capital and a senior advisor at the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Prior, he served in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Partnerships and was on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, for which he was recognized with the State Department's Superior Honor Award and its Meritorious Honor Award. Lalka currently serves on the boards of Public Democracy, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, and Venture For America in New Orleans. He graduated from Yale University, cum laude with distinction in both history and English, holds his master's degree in public policy from Duke University, and earned executive education certificates from Harvard Business School.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown childrenKeen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Guest: Glen Tullman, CEO of TranscarentTranscarent CEO Glen Tullman has a saying: Hire low, fire high. When one of his friends was offered a job and said he wanted to consider another offer, Glen withdrew Transcarent's offer because he didn't want to be the highest bidder — in other words, hire low. But whenever he has to let someone go, he sees it as his responsibility to “help them go off and do something else that's great, and be successful.” Firing and replacing executives, he said, is “just part of growing ... it doesn't have to be ugly.”In this episode, Glen and Joubin discuss conservative values, John Doerr, Teledoc, failures of leadership, Steve Case, Bill Gates, changing expectations, Travis Kalanick, incentive bonuses, Bucknell University, massive layoffs, criticizing in public, anonymous charity, cycling events, Michael Jordan, Bill McDermott, Barack Obama, private jets, and hiring without titles.In this episode, we cover:(01:11) - How Glen splits his time (03:55) - Looking back and leaving Livongo (09:03) - Would he do it again differently? (13:42) - Energy at work (18:00) - Failure and starting over (21:16) - What Transcarent does (25:29) - Taking on the system and stress (30:33) - Turning Allscripts around (33:48) - “We educated you to make a difference” (38:06) - The birth of electronic prescriptions (42:52) - Hire low, fire high (47:47) - Radical honesty (53:04) - Charitable efforts (57:55) - Glen's competitive childhood (01:00:55) - His family and priorities (01:08:24) - Would Glen go into politics? (01:12:32) - “I hate to sleep” (01:15:06) - Peloton meetings (01:17:32) - Trading money for time (01:24:11) - Sharing credit (01:25:54) - Who Transcarent is hiring (01:28:05) - What “grit” means to Glen Links:Connect with GlenLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

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Queridos e queridas ouvintes, se preparem para um episódio com muitas idas e vindas, questionamentos, indagações e uma bela tentativa de propor reflexões para que juntos possamos imaginar cenários. Bom, tudo isso veio depois que li a biografia de Elon Musk, escrita por Walter Isaacson onde fiquei dias repassando o livro em minha cabeça e tentando juntar as peças do quebra-cabeça simbolicamente falando. Um bom ponto de partida é pensar sobre o que todos esses super ricos possuem em comum? Quais são as características que os unem e outras que os afastam? Elon Musk, Travis Kalanick, Bill Gates, entre outros, são personalidades que estão no comando das revoluções tecnológicas globais, criando inovações que beneficiam a sociedade. Agora uma pausa! O escritor Walter Isaacson trouxe um questionamento que também me fez pensar por dias: essas personalidades são pessoas apaixonadas pela humanidade, mas que carregam certo desprezo pelo ser humano?! Será que são indivíduos que não pensam coletivamente nos riscos e consequências do que estão criando? No fim do dia o lucro é o grande balizador de seus esforços? Até que ponto devemos suportar os abusos e as distorções psíquicas de alguns como preço para obter as inovações? Como as personalidades admiradas e reverenciadas desses líderes refletem nos valores que estamos construindo? São muitas perguntas e, sinceramente, não sei se a tecnologia irá atender a todos os nossos anseios. E embora tenhamos soluções, muitas delas apresentam riscos para todo o sistema. Este episódio traz à tona minhas inquietações e reflexões ainda em processo de construção, sem muitas respostas. Talvez o convite aqui seja justamente para fluírem juntos sobre esses pontos que, na minha visão, são desafiadores. Bom play! Host: Marcelo Cardoso Produção: Gabriela Szulcsewski @travs.estudio

“You're not punished for failing, you're punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success. Looking to bring Emil Michael's insights to leaders across your company? Great. This video is part of an 11-part expert class on emotionally intelligent leadership and it's available to organizations that subscribe to Big Think+. From managing conflict to building a culture of trust, this class is designed to inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels. Learn more about how Emil and 500+ other experts can help fuel your company's leadership program today ► https://bigthink.com/plus/great-leade... Emil Michael, former Chief Business Officer at Uber, believes failure is vital to success. According to him, failure played a pivotal role in the stratospheric expansion that made Uber one of the world's fastest-growing companies. Michael points to Uber's endeavors in China, where immense opportunities clashed with daunting operational costs, including intense competition with local rival DiDi. He delves into the complex decision-making by both himself and Uber's founder, Travis Kalanick, that ultimately led it to merge with its competitor. Michael believes a high level of business acumen is required to transform setbacks into strategic victories. He encourages anyone trying to create something to embrace failure and harness their ambition to foster exponential growth. About Emil Michael: Emil Michael is an investor and strategic advisor to many of the world's most important high-growth companies. He is currently serving as Chairman and CEO of the blank check company DPCM Capital. From 2013-2017 Emil was Chief Business Officer at Uber, where he led the company through a period of exponential growth. Across his many tech leadership roles, Emil has been instrumental in raising over $25 billion in capital, and the creation of $100 billion in market value for technology businesses. Today, Emil is focused on working with entrepreneurs and companies that have the potential for hypergrowth. He advises on fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy and culture, building executive teams, and global expansion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigthink/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I'm talking with Ann Hiatt, a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years of experience as the Executive Business Partner for Jeff Bezos (Founder and CEO of Amazon), Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo!), and Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt (CEO/Executive Chairman of Google).Ann now consults with executives and companies across the globe to reverse engineer their moonshot goals and get results. She's a sought-after international speaker and angel investor with a ton of wisdom on what it takes to succeed in business and life. She's also the author of Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities, which outlines the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side for decades with the technology giants at Amazon, Google, and Yahoo. 3 of the biggest insights from Ann Hiatt … The most important business lessons Ann learned from working as Jeff Bezos's Executive Business Partner for nearly 3 years – and the story of how she almost killed him! The top characteristics of unicorn leaders like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Travis Kalanick, Eric Schmidt, and more – and the Goldilocks methodology for avoiding being too "hot" or "cold" and too "hard" or "soft" in any of these categories. Discover how the philosophy “fall in love with the problem, not the solution” allows Google to unlock exponential growth and stay at the forefront of technology. JOIN THE DBDL INSIDER CREWTo become a DBDL Insider and get VIP access to free resources and exclusive content, text "DBDL" to 785-800-3235. *Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to opt-out of receiving text messages.SHOW NOTEShttps://bradleyjohnson.com/46FOLLOW BRAD JOHNSON ON SOCIALTwitterInstagramLinkedInFOLLOW DBDL ON SOCIAL:YouTube - Full InterviewsYouTube - Clips from the ShowTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookDISCLOSURE These conversations are intended to provide financial advisors with ideas, strategies, concepts, and tools that could be incorporated into the advisory practice, advisors are responsible for ensuring implementation of anything discussed is in accordance with any and all regulatory and compliance responsibilities and obligations

Written version: https://www.justgogrind.com/p/travis-kalanick More about the Just Go Grind newsletter: Learn the tactics, strategies, and stories of world-class founders. I spend 20+ hours each week researching founders like Sam Altman, Melanie Perkins, and Patrick Collison, sharing the best insights with you every Sunday. Subscribe to the Just Go Grind newsletter: https://www.justgogrind.com/subscribe Upgrade to Just Go Grind premium and get: 4 founder deep dives each month Audio editions of the newsletter in a private podcast feed Access to a founder community and weekly office hours Upgrade to premium: https://www.justgogrind.com/upgrade 

Ebi Atawodi is Director of Product Management for the Creator Experience at YouTube, former Head of Product at Uber, and a former Director of Product (Payments and EMEA) at Netflix. Known for crafting a strong, unified vision, Ebi empowers her teams to achieve outsized outcomes. In today's episode, we go deep into vision and strategy, including:• The four key elements of a good vision statement• Three ways to determine your mission• The four pillars of great product management• How writing helps you gain clarity• How culture influences product• Tips on how to structure a strategy session• Advice on building team culture and improving work relationships• What's coming soon at YouTube—Brought to you by Sidebar—Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers | Jira Product Discovery—Atlassian's new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | Wix Studio—The web creation platform built for agencies—Find the transcript for this episode and all past episodes at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/episodes/. Today's transcript will be live by 8 a.m. PT.—Where to find Ebi Atawodi:• X: https://twitter.com/ebiatawodi• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebiatawodi• YouTube mixes: https://www.youtube.com/@EbiAtawodi/videos—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) Ebi's background(04:31) Four key elements of a product vision(08:14) Examples of lofty but attainable visions(11:43) Vision vs. mission (13:23) Examples of visions and missions from notable companies(15:00) A simple framework for outlining a vision (20:51) Other methods for outlining a vision (23:29) The impact of writing clear headlines(26:41) Using mockups to frame your vision(28:24) A step-by-step approach to developing a vision(32:58) Ebi's “10 Things” document(37:47) A quick summary of Ebi's tips(40:56) How to use the “10 Things” doc in a strategy session(43:11) The three concentric circles of evangelizing (47:48) The cadence of developing a vision and bringing it to life(49:26) Visions vs. micro visions(52:58) First steps in developing a vision(55:12) Infrastructure is the product(56:39) Clarity and conviction, the main jobs of PMs(59:58) Ebi's narrative doc(1:04:59) Conviction, its role in the job, and how to build it(1:08:20) How to build company culture(1:17:06) The monolithic culture at Uber(1:19:09) The culture Ebi embeds in her teams(1:23:58) How to evaluate your relationship with your engineering manager (1:26:02) What's new at YouTube(1:29:22) Ebi's closing thoughts(1:30:45) Lightning round—Referenced:• Andre Albuquerque on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-albuquerque• TED's mission: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization#:~:text=Our%20mission%3A%20Spread%20ideas%2C%20foster,and%20create%20impact%20%7C%20About%20%7C%20TED• Stripe's operating principles: https://stripe.com/jobs/culture• Microsoft's vision and mission: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about• Tesla's mission statement: https://www.tesla.com/blog/mission-tesla• Lyft's mission on Comparably: https://www.comparably.com/companies/lyft/mission• Ebi's playbooks and templates: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tU3jpbq_xHcF4x1bdANCVBsO6rbQ8h1HqvdQfwGW4MA/edit• Working Backwards Press Release Template and Example: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/working-backwards-press-release-template-example-ian-mcallister/• Patrick Collison on X: https://twitter.com/patrickc• Seinfeld meme: https://seinfeldmemes.com/you-know-how-to-take-the-reservation/• Travis Kalanick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traviskalanick/• Wimdu: https://www.wimdu.com/• Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/leaving-big-tech-to-build-the-1-technology-newsletter-gergely-orosz-the-pragmatic-engineer/• The 48 Laws of Power: https://www.amazon.com/48-Laws-Power-Robert-Greene/dp/0140280197• The God of Small Things: https://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Things-Novel/dp/0812979656/• Outliers: The Story of Success: https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930• All About Love: https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479• The Bear on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f• Scavengers Reign on Max: https://www.max.com/shows/scavengers-reign/50c8ce6d-088c-42d9-9147-d1b19b1289d4• Sleep Cycle: https://www.sleepcycle.com/• Nanit: https://www.nanit.com/• “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51642/invictus• Burning Man: https://burningman.org/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Guest: Spencer Rascoff, co-founder and former CEO of Zillow + co-founder and general partner at 75 & Sunny When terrorists attacked the US on 9/11, Hotwire co-founder Spencer Rascoff and his colleagues had to put their own trauma aside and “spring into action” — the travel site had sold tens of millions of dollars' worth of non-refundable flights and hotel rooms and customers who wouldn't be traveling wanted their money back. Now a visiting professor at Harvard Business School, Spencer teaches this case to his students because this dilemma was not unique to 2001: “What the hell do you do when you're running a company ... and all of a sudden, a pandemic happens? Or SVB shuts down?”In this episode, Spencer and Joubin discuss Zestimates, context switching, Tom Brady, reinvention, Shaq, the live music business, beating pain, personal connection to tragedies, the structure of rounds, Juul, the qualities of success, Stewart Butterfield, Travis Kalanick, second homes, two-way doors, overstating risk, “Dad, I Have a Question,” management by walking around, and Carl Eschenbach.In this episode, we cover: Spencer's post-Zillow life (00:57) From player to coach (03:47) “The Forrest Gump of technology” (08:21) Joseph Rascoff and the Rolling Stones (10:56) Teaching grit to kids (14:43) Spencer's brother (18:55) Channeling pain into achievement (21:35) Co-founding Hotwire (24:37) The impact of 9/11 (27:51) Re-capitalization and selling to Expedia (35:17) “Let's build a real estate website” (38:05) Office Hours and founder-product fit (45:12) How Pacaso works (53:22) Career mirrors and leaving big companies (57:01) Staying organized (01:04:20) Dinner with the family (01:07:43) What “grit” means to him (01:09:14) Links: Connect with Spencer 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

Uber fue fundado en 2009 por Travis Kalanick y Garrett Camp en San Francisco, Estados Unidos. La idea surgió cuando ambos tuvieron dificultades para encontrar un taxi disponible. Decidieron crear una plataforma que conectara a conductores y pasajeros a través de una aplicación móvil, revolucionando así la industria del transporte urbano. Lo interesante es la manera oscura con la que UBER se posicionó hasta arriba. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: https://www.instagram.com/eldollop https://twitter.com/eldollop https://www.facebook.com/eldolloppodcast http://eldollop.com

Uber fue fundado en 2009 por Travis Kalanick y Garrett Camp en San Francisco, Estados Unidos. La idea surgió cuando ambos tuvieron dificultades para encontrar un taxi disponible. Decidieron crear una plataforma que conectara a conductores y pasajeros a través de una aplicación móvil, revolucionando así la industria del transporte urbano. Lo interesante es la manera oscura con la que UBER se posicionó hasta arriba. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: https://www.instagram.com/eldollop https://twitter.com/eldollop https://www.facebook.com/eldolloppodcast http://eldollop.com

Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the company's sky-high prices, high take rate, treatment of drivers/couriers, policies around safety and why oh why he is kind to his predecessor, Travis Kalanick.  Before and after the interview, Kara and Nayeema make sense of the power and problems of Uber, and discuss Lesbians Who Tech (a conference — not in general).  Note: Khosrowshahi discusses a 15% “take rate” in the United States, exclusive of commercial insurance expenses. Globally, the company reported a 29.3% “take rate” in Q2 of 2023 inclusive of these costs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

La storia di Marco Palladino, Co-Founder e CTO di Kong è davvero incredibile.  Kong è un azienda tech basata a San Francisco che 2 anni fa ha chiuso un round da $100 milioni guidato da Tiger Global portando la loro valutazione a $1.4 miliardi diventando un Unicorno. Kong vende una tecnologia per gestire API, Application Programming Interface, che sono la colonna portante del digitale. Permettono di gestire lo scambio di dati collegando le aziende con i loro fornitori, partner e clienti. La missione di Kong è di alimentare queste connessioni digitali in modo sicuro. Tra gli investitori in Kong ci sono niente di meno che Travis Kalanick, il founder di Uber, Jeff Bezos, il founder di Amazon, e il CEO di Google Eric Schmidt.  La storia di Marco e del suo co-founder Augusto Marietti è stata scritta per essere raccontata in un podcast - e vi garantiamo che vi sbalordirà! Marco e Augusto hanno iniziato a lavorare al predecessore di Kong, Mashape dal loro garage a Milano quando avevano solo 18 anni. Ma in Italia non hanno trovato nessuno che credesse nella loro idea e gli investitori offrivano condizioni che non potevano accettare. Invece di abbandonare il sogno hanno preso un biglietto di sola andata per San Francisco. Farcela in Silicon Valley è stato tutt'altro che banale: hanno dormito sulle panchine, perso 20kg mangiando solo solo pasta al tonno per mesi e messo tutte le loro energie nel crescere l'azienda fino alla svolta che arriva nel 2017. SOCIAL MEDIA Se vi piace il podcast, il modo migliore per dircelo o per darci un feedback (e quello che ci aiuta di più a farlo diffondere) è semplicemente lasciare una recensione a 5 stelle o un commento su Spotify o l'app di Apple Podcast. Ci ha aiuta davvero tantissimo, quindi non esitate :) Se volete farci delle domande o seguirci, potete farlo qui: Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@madeit.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@madeitpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ RINGRAZIAMENTI Vogliamo ringraziare BAIA, la Business Association Italy America, per la loro partnership. BAIA è un'associazione non profit che opera nella San Francisco Bay Area dal 2006 e ci sta aiutando a promuovere questa serie con i loro membri.  BAIA è gestita da un gruppo di professionisti italiani a San Francisco che crea opportunità di networking professionale all'interno della comunità italiana e italo-americana, facilitando lo scambio aperto di conoscenze tra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti attraverso eventi per manager e imprenditori in Silicon Valley. Più informazioni sul sito ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.baia-network.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ e se siete in Silicon Valley vi consigliamo anche di iscrivervi alla loro newsletter.

In this episode Harry speaks with Emil Michael. Emil is the CEO of DPCM Capital and former Chief Business Officer of Uber. He served as CEO Travis Kalanick's right-hand-man, helping the company raise nearly $15 billion from key investors worldwide. By 2018, Uber became the world's most valued private technology company and had raised the most money of any private start-up in history. Emil Michael Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilmichael/

Mudassir Sheikha is the CEO and Co-Founder of Careem. Over the last 11 years, Mudassir has scaled the service to more than 80 cities in 10 countries, with 1,400+ colleagues and more than 2.5 million Captains. With such success, in 2020 Uber announced they would be acquiring Careem for a reported $3.1BN. Prior to Careem, Mudassir co-founded “DeviceAnywhere”, a company that was acquired by “Keynote” in 2008 before joining the management consulting firm “McKinsey & Company” in Dubai. In Today's Episode with Mudassir Sheikha We Discuss: 1. From McKinsey to $3.1BN Exit to Uber: What was the founding a-ha moment for Mudassir with Careem? What does Mudassir know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning? What does Mudassir believe he is running away from? 2. Finding Product-Market Fit: What is the single biggest mistake founders make when trying to find product-market fit? Does Mudassir believe you have to do things that do not scale, to scale? What did Careem do? What are some of Mudassir's biggest pieces of advice to founders on finding a core target audience and doing customer discovery the right way? 3. Competing with Giants: How To Win When You Cannot Outspend: How did Careem beat Uber when they had 1/100th of their budget? What advice does Mudassir have for founders who have competition that is much better funded? What is the story of spending the night in bunk beds and barely sleeping before raising $300M the next day? How did that happen? 4. The Acquisition: How it Went Down: How did Mudassir and Dara @ Uber first come to meet? How did Dara's approach contrast with the prior approach of Travis Kalanick? Why did Mudassir decide to sell and join Uber? What were the main reasons or arguments against the acquisition? 5. Talk to me About: Careem's Pakistan MD having to flee Pakistan for his safety post a marketing campaign? Elon Musk likes one of Careem's promotional videos and why? An investor who wired $1M with absolutely no paperwork? The catch up meeting that turned into a $3BN offer?

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit

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Emil Michael was the Chief Business Officer at Uber during their meteoric and incomparable growth from 2013 to 2017, as well as CEO Travis Kalanick's right hand. Few leaders in tech have accomplished so much in terms of raw users and revenue growth. Few leaders in tech have also personally experienced so much turmoil. Host Jesse Genet and Co-host Erik Torenberg talk to Emil about the #DeleteUber campaign, Uber's unsuccessful bids to acquire Lyft, doing business in China, and more from inside Uber. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The HR industry is at a crossroads. What will it take to construct the next generation of incredible businesses – and where can people leaders have the most business impact? Hosts Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich have been through it all, the highs and the lows – IPOs, layoffs, executive turnover, board meetings, culture changes, and more. With a lineup of industry vets and experts, Nolan and Kelli break down the nitty-gritty details, trade offs, and dynamics of constructing high performing companies. Through unfiltered conversations that can only happen between seasoned practitioners, Kelli and Nolan dive deep into the kind of leadership-level strategy that often happens behind closed doors. Check out the first episode with the architect of Netflix's culture deck Patty McCord. https://link.chtbl.com/hrheretics TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Introducing Emil Michael, CBO of Uber from 2013-2017. (02:27) Setting the scene for #DeleteUber crisis (11:05) Lyft (11:32) The Trump White House invitation (13:02) Sponsor: Pesto.Tech (13:42) Internal dynamics at Uber (20:35) China (30:17) Unsuccessful deals (34:03) Tim Cook and Apple (38:42) Hiring lessons (41:39) Most misunderstood notion about Uber (45:44) SWAT team episode (47:30) Emil's advice for overcoming a crisis TWITTER: @jessegenet (Jesse) @eriktorenberg (Erik) @emilmichael (Emil) @InTheArena_pod * DM us if you have suggestions for who we should interview on In The Arena SPONSOR: Head to pesto.tech if you want to hire remote developers today.

Gregg Lemkau is the CEO of MSD Partners, the investment firm with roots as Michael Dell's family office. MSD was formed in 1998 to manage $400 million of Michael's capital. In the ensuing twenty-five years, that initial $400 million has grown to north of $20 billion. Gregg joined MSD two years ago after a twenty-eight-year career at Goldman Sachs, where he rose to Co-Head of Investment Banking, served on the Firm's Management Committee, and was widely considered one of a few candidates to succeed David Solomon as Goldman's CEO. Our conversation covers Gregg's career path at Goldman and lessons learned, including entertaining stories about his work with such fascinating entrepreneurs as Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick. We discuss his decision to join MSD, the firm's history, objectives, competitive advantages, and investment capabilities. We then turn to MSD's recently announced merger with BDT Partners, including the rationale, process, and integration of the businesses. We close with a look into the future of the transformed organization. Access Stream by AlphaSense Free Trial Learn More  Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn  Subscribe to the mailing list  Access Transcript with Premium Membership 

Emil Michael is the Former Chief Business Officer at Uber and is commonly referred to as Travis Kalanick's right-hand man. At Uber, Emil was instrumental in raising nearly $15BN from some of the largest investors in the world, making Uber the most valuable private tech company ever. Emil was also core to Uber's China strategy and led deals with Didi and Baidu. Before Uber, Emil spent 9 years at TellMe Networks where he was central to Microsoft raising their acquisition price from $300M to $800M. Emil is also an advisor to some of the greats including Raf @ GoPuff, Zach @ Codeacademy, Jared @ Fundera and many more. In Todays Episode with Emil Michael: 1.) From Politics to Travis's right-hand man at Uber: How did Emil make his way into the world of startups with TellMe networks? Harvard, Stanford, Goldman, Politics, which career shaped Emil the most? When Emil looks at his cohort of Ali and Hadi Partovi, Alfred Lin, and many others, what did they have that Emil believes is core to their success today? 2.) Negotiations 101: A Masterclass: What is Emil's framework for dealmaking? How has it changed over time? What are the single most important elements to remember when making deals? What are the biggest mistakes people make when negotiating? What is the right way to use leverage in negotiations? How can one handle an opponent that is emotional or irrational when negotiating? How did Emil make Steve Ballmer @ Microsoft increase his offer for TellMe from $300M to $800M? What is the single deal that Emil made that he regrets the most? 3.) Uber: The Journey to the Most Valuable Private Company: Why were Emil and Travis removed from Uber? Does Emil think it was fair? Is it true that Travis lost the support of the team? How did his removal take place? How did the Uber China deal go down with Didi? What got DiDi over the line on the deal? How did Emil raise $3BN from Saudi in just 60 days with Travis needing to attend only one meeting? 4.) Uber: The Review: How does Emil assess the management and performance of Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi? If Travis and Emil were still in charge, what would Emil have done differently? Why does Emil think Dara and Uber have made a $30BN mistake in food delivery? Why does Emil think Postmates, Careem, and others have been the worst acquisitions in tech? 5.) The Venture Landscape: Emil entered the world of VC with Coatue, why did he decide that VC was not for him? How does Emil analyze the VC landscape today? Who are risers? Who are fallers? What are the single biggest points of misalignment between founder and VC? What are the core improvements that Emil would like to see made to the VC world? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode: Emil's Favourite Book: Sun Tzu: The Art of War

Apple held its Far Out event and unveiled new iPhones, Apple Watches and Airpods. Google is telling employees to cut back on company travel. Microsoft has invested in Travis Kalanick's next company. And Twitter is going to let a subset of users finally edit their tweets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Text Hawk to 66866 to receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right! Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12    https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 Bill George is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of Discover Your True North, Authentic Leadership, and 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis. Bill is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic.  He joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and chief operating officer, was the CEO from 1991-2001, and board chair from 1996-2002.  Earlier in his career, he was a senior executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries and served in the U.S. Department of Defense. Sustained excellence = Authentic, real, and vulnerable They know how to bring people together and inspire them They challenge, help, and coach people People do not want the Jack Welch style today.  How did Bill earn the CEO role at Medtronic? Team building - "I continued to develop leaders." "Do your current job exceptionally well, develop others, and don't think about your promotion." Give people an opportunity and a sense of purpose Your True North Make the shift from what you are to who you are Process your life story and the significant events The difficult times make you who you are What do you want them to say at your funeral? The "Coach" Acronym Care Organize Align Challenge Help "You must be a constant learner if you want to be a leader." Leadership Crucibles: Leadership is about relationships What Bill has learned teaching at Harvard It's a mistake to chase external expectations You need to be fulfilled by your work Keys to a great marriage: Communicate all the time You need to grow together Keys to being a great dad: Be there, be present Listen Bill shares what it's like leading through today's challenges, creating inclusive cultures, and how to lead through crises. Bill shares the dangers of leading without True North, including case studies of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, WeWork's Adam Neumann, Uber's Travis Kalanick, and Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes “Pursuing purpose with passion Practicing solid values Leading with heart Establishing enduring relationships Demonstrating self-discipline” “You need to be who you are, not try to emulate somebody else.” “The hardest person you will ever have to lead is yourself.” “The reality is that no one can be authentic by trying to be like someone else. There is no doubt you can learn from their experiences, but there is no way you can be successful trying to be like them. People trust you when you are genuine and authentic, not an imitation.” “The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead.”

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On today's episode of Group Chat, Dee, Anand, and Drama tackle Uber's decision to work with NYC's taxis. Next, they shed some light on the controversy surrounding Spotify's artist royalties, and follow up with the 5 most boring and exciting jobs in America. Finally, they conduct some LA crime watch before wrapping up with winners, losers, and content. Timeline of What Was Discussed: You know who is not ‘Super Pumped' about Uber's recent move in NYC, Travis Kalanick. (3:18)  Streaming DOES pay if your HOT! (15:06)  Here are the 5 most ‘boring' and exciting jobs in the world. (21:00)  How the pandemic revived reading. (25:20)  Are we getting closer to the day when a wallet will become simply a fashion statement? (28:44)  Is this the beginning of the next level of globalization? (30:35)  Group Chat's LA Crime Watch. (38:09)  Winners, Losers, and Content Recommendations. (49:18)  Related Links/Products Mentioned  Uber planning to add all NYC taxis to its app in surprise shift  Spotify paid 130 artists more than $5m last year  These are the 5 most ‘boring' — and exciting — jobs in the world, according to a recent study  The pandemic revived reading  Arizona becomes first state to offer driver's license and state ID in Apple Wallet  BlackRock's Larry Fink, who oversees $10 trillion, says Russia-Ukraine war is ending globalization  LA police: Wearing expensive jewelry could make you a target  NYC Mayor Adams ends vaccine mandate for pro athletes, entertainers  Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: KB Home, Spotify, Nikola and others  A 737 crashed in China. What we know about the plane  Watch Downfall: The Case Against Boeing | Netflix  Mark Zuckerberg — Founder and CEO of Meta | The Tim Ferriss Show  Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content We're @groupchatpod on Snapchat

We may be in the golden age of true crime television. Our latest obsession? The Silicon scammer. The bad entrepreneur. The failing founder. From “Super Pumped” (about Uber founder Travis Kalanick), to “We Crashed” (about WeWork founder Adam Neumann), to “The Dropout” (about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes), it seems audiences can't get enough of the heart-pounding rise and gut-punching fall of these brilliant, young, white, mostly male moguls. On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie explores what it was like to become one of the more enigmatic tech billionaires, Elizabeth Holmes. “I got to go to work everyday and play this enigma and then go home to my family,” says Amanda Seyfried who stars as Holmes in the Hulu series, “The Dropout,” based on the podcast of the same name. Amanda and Katie talk about nailing the look, reaching the depths of Elizabeth's voice, and how Amanda found ways to identify with the now-convicted, former Theranos founder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.