Leadership
I had a real deep desire to help other people. I’d always known that I wanted to find a way to help people. – Davis Smith Davis Smith, the Founder and Chairman of Cotopaxi, an outdoor brand that combines profitability with a humanitarian mission, shares his entrepreneurial journey. He discusses
Building Teams
At this point, Samsara is at quite a bit of scale so we’re a public company now. The current job description in my opinion is to be building the company not for today’s scale but actually for scale 3 to 5 years from now. – Sanjit Biswas Sanjit Biswas,
Branding
‘We are here to win and we are an ambitious and competitive group of people but it’s just about how we do it—we do it as a team more like a healthy professional sports team than a team of people that just focused on delivering.’ – Dave Powers Dave
Leadership
‘I always look at what their personal win is and what their professional win is. It’s really important to navigate through that when you’re selling to these larger companies.’ – Steve Goldberg Steve Goldberg, Chief Revenue Officer at Salesloft, shares his extensive knowledge on the evolving field of sales.
Leadership
‘I feel really strongly that you can write a lot more if you write what you want to write…writing the stuff that’s energizing and just giving up on the stuff that’s not energizing, that’s how I write a lot.’ – Will Larson In a thought-provoking conversation with
Building Teams
Your zero-to-one humans, it’s not that they don’t want to abide by your corporate protocols, it’s that they literally, and I’ve seen this firsthand, they literally cannot do the job you’ve tasked them with — building something net new — if they slow down for each and
Leadership
‘I think the more interesting ones are the ‘what if’ questions like what if this does work.’ – Sam Schillace Sam Schillace, deputy CTO at Microsoft and the mind behind Google Docs, imparts his wisdom on innovation, fostering a creative mindset, and the importance of user-centric design in this enlightening discussion.
Building Teams
Don’t let yourself be held back by these fake limitations. Don’t believe this idea that there’s some magic with like one business person plus one tech person equals startup win. – Dalton Caldwell In a deep dive into the dynamics of startup co-founder relationships, Dalton Caldwell and Michael
Masters of AI
You’d work to explain [to investors] that you were a tech company and there are other tech companies that happen to be in life sciences or in healthcare but were being built like tech companies and that was the opportunity. – Sean Duffy Sean Duffy, the co-founder and CEO of
Career Growth
CEOs don’t know what the frontline job is like, and they have got to figure it out right now. – Adriann Negreros Change management expert Adriann Negreros emphasizes the importance of dignity and career progression in frontline jobs. He outlines his ‘handbook of humanity’, a set of people-centered ideas for
Leadership
‘I think my family, my friendships, we’ve kept our community. That keeps us solid and keeps us whole and grounded.’ – Michelle Obama Michelle Obama reflects on her time as the First Lady and how it impacted her personal relationships. She delves into the challenges of being in a position
Communication Skills
After all of this, I became convinced that there’s no best type of leadership. So many of us just default to one style or another, similar to how we’re born with our native tongue. But this default style doesn’t work in every situation. – Rosita Najmi Rosita Najmi