Emil Michael (ex CBO at Uber)

In today's environment, it would be very difficult to institute a "hustle" environment

Companies can either be tribes or civilizations.

The ambition to be global from day one was very rare before Uber. This ambition requires a blitz-scaling mentality

When Emil joined Uber, his role was scoped as "the external face to Uber"

Hire for a plan, not for a problem.

Founders should spend at least 1/3 of their time hiring

Chief Business Officer tends to focus on fundraising, M&A, and incubating business within a business. Essentially, CBO is the venture capital arm of the business

A product without a monetization plan is a feature, not a company

When it comes to hiring, the leaders of the start-up should interview every key hire as long as possible. This promotes cultural consistency

To promote the diffusion of best-practices, Uber has very frequent summits that brought all distributed employees together