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He was Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's right-hand man.
Meet @emilmichael, Uber's former Chief Business Officer who helped the company raise $15B.
(00:00) Fighting the "Taxi Mafia" in Italy 🤬
(04:03) Tips for building on-the-ground teams
(09:56) Founders "going direct"... See more
Jason Levinx.comScott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that, there is no where
The Definitive Drucker: Challenges For Tomorrow's Executives -- Final Advice From the Father of Modern Management
amazon.com
What can someone who's built multiple billion-dollar companies teach you? Some lessons from my conversation with Brad Jacobs: 1. If you get the major trend right, you can make mistakes and still succeed. 2. If you want extraordinary results, you can’t think like everyone else. 3. Complexity hides opportunity. 4. Focus on return on capital and
... See moreI built and sold https://t.co/0PDma01Bry for $1.3 billion to Adobe, and along the way, I received plenty of advice that turned out to be entirely off the mark. Here's a look at some of the most glaring misdirections:
1. "As CEO, focus on executive business tasks." This couldn't be further from the truth. The core... See more
Emery Wellsx.comIn it’s heyday, Goldman’s special situations group was the navy SEALs of money making. Today’s guest, Alan Waxman, used to run that group before leaving to build Sixth Street, now a $115b behemoth.
SSG heads were sometimes of the more brainy, nerdy variety. Not Waxman. He is a force of nature and energy who apparently... See more
Patrick OShaughnessyx.com8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear — This PM-Turned-Founder Shares His Playbooks
firstround.comreview.firstround.com
Wrote two things while away from this hell site
“A Land Without Giants” — the search for new founder archetypes
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“Distribution Determined Design” — an investigation into the relationship between distribution and product design (the title is very accurate for... See more