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Vernal said this focus on nurturing community was key to getting a foothold in the product world. “It would be futile and foolhardy to try to compete with Microsoft and Google in a top-down way, to build a similar product and sell against them,” says Vernal. “Instead, they found a small group of really die-hard fans that carried the product with th... See more

Sequoia Capital • ivan zhao

As the company expanded, Larry continued to kick off each quarter with

John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

but the transactions were too infrequent. We needed a smaller niche market segment with a higher velocity of money—a segment we found in eBay “PowerSellers,” the professional vendors who sold goods online through eBay’s auction marketplace.

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One

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David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

Tony Hsieh from Zappos came over to us and asked us a simple question: “Are there people at this event who you wouldn’t invite to your parents’ home for dinner, if not for their personal and professional success?” Yes, we admitted, there were some. Although professionally accomplished, not everyone in the room shared our values. We had worked off a

Brett Leve • Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community

Marc Benioff originally trademarked the phrase “App Store” but in good faith he gifted it to Steve Jobs as gratitude for support over the years.

Erick Mokaya • Salesforce: Business Breakdowns Research

OPRAH WINFREY CEO, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN); Actress and Producer

David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

Acquisitions: The company has used M&A as an important growth tool. As per Ben Thompson’s about their Slack acquisition, “the fact that the company “buys growth” is often held up as a criticism, but the truth is

Erick Mokaya • Salesforce: Business Breakdowns Research

ERIC SCHMIDT Former Chairman, Google/Alphabet