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#196 CEO and Co-Founder Braze, Bill Magnuson: Principles of Change
Guest: Bill Magnuson, CEO and co-founder of Braze
The deployment of smartphones around the world was more impactful than any other technology to date, says Braze CEO Bill Magnuson - and that has big implications for emerging fields like generative AI. “If we get to the point where they [LLMs] really can be useful, human-like companions ... they will be usable by everyone that has smartphone technology.” In other words, the question is not business opportunity or scale: It’s capability.
In this episode, Bill and Joubin discuss earnings days, Aaron Levie, MIT, customer churn, shower thoughts, technical co-founders, lacking context, AGI, “hands on keyboard,” the T-Mobile G1, app marketing, the 2008 financial crisis, Bob Iger, World War II, Peter Reinhardt, Watershed, and international offices.
Chapters:
(00:51) - Morning people
(05:09) - What Braze does
(06:59) - From CTO to CEO
(08:17) - Waking up and commuting
(10:49) - Leading vs. engineering
(12:35) - Cognizant of believability
(19:52) - LLMs and the human brain
(25:46) - The AI ceiling
(28:43) - The historic deployment of smartphones
(37:58) - The benefits of youth
(40:18) - Taking the leap
(43:35) - Read more sci-fi
(46:38) - Survivor bias
(48:55) - Big risks at scale
(52:30) - Who Braze is hiring around the world
(55:32) - What “grit” means to Bill
The deployment of smartphones around the world was more impactful than any other technology to date, says Braze CEO Bill Magnuson - and that has big implications for emerging fields like generative AI. “If we get to the point where they [LLMs] really can be useful, human-like companions ... they will be usable by everyone that has smartphone technology.” In other words, the question is not business opportunity or scale: It’s capability.
In this episode, Bill and Joubin discuss earnings days, Aaron Levie, MIT, customer churn, shower thoughts, technical co-founders, lacking context, AGI, “hands on keyboard,” the T-Mobile G1, app marketing, the 2008 financial crisis, Bob Iger, World War II, Peter Reinhardt, Watershed, and international offices.
Chapters:
(00:51) - Morning people
(05:09) - What Braze does
(06:59) - From CTO to CEO
(08:17) - Waking up and commuting
(10:49) - Leading vs. engineering
(12:35) - Cognizant of believability
(19:52) - LLMs and the human brain
(25:46) - The AI ceiling
(28:43) - The historic deployment of smartphones
(37:58) - The benefits of youth
(40:18) - Taking the leap
(43:35) - Read more sci-fi
(46:38) - Survivor bias
(48:55) - Big risks at scale
(52:30) - Who Braze is hiring around the world
(55:32) - What “grit” means to Bill
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#195 CEO Salesforce AI, Clara Shih
zhlédnutí 222Před dnem
Guest: Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI In 2020, Clara Shih quit Hearsay, the company she founded and ran for 11 years; in hindsight, she says “I probably should have quit a little bit sooner.” But at the time, she cared a lot - too much - about what everyone else thought. “There's a lot of guilt around leaving initially and feeling bad for feeling bad,” Clara says. But her worries subsided whe...
#194 Marissa Mayer, CEO and Founder of Sunshine and former CEO of Yahoo
zhlédnutí 438Před 14 dny
When Marissa Mayer was first hired as the CEO of Yahoo, the company had lost nearly a quarter of its workforce in the preceding six months. Early on, she was chatting with employees in the cafeteria and one of them got her attention by smacking her tray. “Is it go time?” he asked. He was asking if the board and C-suite were ready to lead the company forward, but Marissa thought he had one foot ...
#193 Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor
zhlédnutí 436Před 21 dnem
Sarah Friar has worked with some of the top leaders in Silicon Valley, including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Block CEO Jack Dorsey, and most recently Nextdoor founder Nirav Tolia, who just replaced her as CEO in May. And one of the things that sets top performers apart from the rest, she argues, is their compassion and their responsiveness. When her former EA’s husba...
#192 CTO and Co-Founder Discord, Stanislav Vishnevskiy
zhlédnutí 222Před měsícem
Guest: Stanislav Vishnevskiy, CTO and co-founder of Discord For many years, the conventional wisdom was the gaming was not social because it was something you usually did at home. “But people who play games are often the most social,” says Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy. “They’re spending 10, 20 hours with other people online, hanging out.” As a teenager, Stanislav logged more than 1,000 day...
#191 CEO and Co-Founder Intercom, Eoghan McCabe
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed měsícem
Guest: Eoghan McCabe, CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Intercom “We are not ready for the degree to which our world is going to change,” says Intercom CEO Eoghan McCabe, “in insane and incredible ways.” When he co-founded the company in 2011, the Irish-born entrepreneur was making it easier for companies to offer human customer service to their customers. But Eoghan believes “every single type ...
#190 Co-Founder Cost Plus Drugs, Mark Cuban
zhlédnutí 454Před měsícem
Guest: Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs and costar, Shark Tank “I just love to compete,” says Mark Cuban. “And the day I stop is the day I’m dead.” Previously the co-founder of MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com, Cuban is probably best known to the public today for competing with the likes of Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran on the reality TV show Shark Tank. But his real focus - and hi...
#189 Co-Founder Watershed, Taylor Francis
zhlédnutí 324Před měsícem
Guest: Taylor Francis, co-founder of Watershed One day when he was 13, Taylor Francis walked out of the movie theater, and he was pissed off. He had just seen Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth and internalized a “generational call to arms, that my parents had screwed our generation” by causing the climate crisis, he says. 14 years later, he was working at Stripe and felt another call ...
#188 CEO and Co-Founder Synthesia, Victor Riparbelli w/ Josh Coyne
zhlédnutí 319Před 2 měsíci
Guests: Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia; and Josh Coyne, partner at Kleiner Perkins When Victor Riparbelli wants to learn something, he’ll start with a CZcams video or a podcast: “I maybe buy the book on Amazon as like the fifth step,” the Synthesia CEO says. His company is trying to change the text-first (or text-only) way information is conveyed at work, making AI avatar-na...
CEO and Co-Founder Cribl, Clint Sharp: Finding Traction
zhlédnutí 348Před 3 měsíci
New employees are joining the remote data platform Cribl every week, and as the staff grows, CEO Clint Sharp has noticed a problem: He can’t file a bug report without a lot of caveats. When there were a handful of users, no one would bat an eye at the CEO posting a bug on Slack, but now he has had to learn how to phrase things because people assume he’s “irate and we should change everything we...
CEO Transcarent, Glen Tullman: Problem solving
zhlédnutí 306Před 3 měsíci
Transcarent 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...
CEO and Co-Founder Verkada, Filip Kaliszan: Outlier
zhlédnutí 969Před 3 měsíci
Guest: Filip Kaliszan, CEO and co-founder of Verkada Great founders try to grow personally at least as fast as their companies do - but sometimes, says Verkada CEO Filip Kaliszan, that’s just not possible. By the time the company had about 200 employees, he says, “the scale of the business and the rate of the growth of the business ... outpaced my rate of learning, or my ability to consult the ...
Author of “Radical Candor,” Kim Scott: Uncommon Sense
zhlédnutí 262Před 4 měsíci
Guest: Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How To Work Together Better After her first management book Radical Candor became a worldwide bestseller, Kim Scott found herself giving talks to all kinds of companies about how they could apply her advice and build a stronger, kinder culture. But then, after one such talk, the CEO -...
President and Co-Founder Anthropic, Daniela Amodei: AI Hurricane
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed 4 měsíci
With a reported valuation of as much as $18 billion, Anthropic has the resources to be one of the dominant AI companies in Silicon Valley; however, it was conceived as a public benefit corporation and always tries to strike a balance between hypergrowth and responsibility. Anthropic’s flagship LLM, Claude, must adhere to a “constitution” of values that prioritize the good of humanity. And even ...
Dev Ittycheria, CEO and President of MongoDB
zhlédnutí 750Před 4 měsíci
When you think about who you were and the decisions you made two, or four, or eight years ago ... how do you feel? Dev Ittycheria, the President and CEO of MongoDB, says he’s embarrassed about certain things he did - and that’s a good thing. “If you’re not [embarrassed], that means you’re not really growing that fast,” he says. He recalled one of his mentors, former BladeLogic chairman Steve Wa...
Frank Slootman, CEO and Chairman of Snowflake and author of Amp It Up
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 5 měsíci
Frank Slootman, CEO and Chairman of Snowflake and author of Amp It Up
Author of “The Qualified Sales Leader,” John McMahon: The Five-Time CRO
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 5 měsíci
Author of “The Qualified Sales Leader,” John McMahon: The Five-Time CRO
Angela Duckworth, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Grit
zhlédnutí 954Před 5 měsíci
Angela Duckworth, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Grit
CEO and Founder Cato Networks, Shlomo Kramer: The Burden of Persona
zhlédnutí 451Před 6 měsíci
CEO and Founder Cato Networks, Shlomo Kramer: The Burden of Persona
CEO and Founder Glean, Arvind Jain w/ Mamoon Hamid
zhlédnutí 690Před 6 měsíci
CEO and Founder Glean, Arvind Jain w/ Mamoon Hamid
Executive Chairman and Former CEO Attentive, Brian Long
zhlédnutí 515Před 7 měsíci
Executive Chairman and Former CEO Attentive, Brian Long
Spencer Rascoff, co-founder and former CEO of Zillow + co-founder and general partner at 75 & Sunny
zhlédnutí 292Před 7 měsíci
Spencer Rascoff, co-founder and former CEO of Zillow co-founder and general partner at 75 & Sunny
Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of Duolingo
zhlédnutí 494Před 7 měsíci
Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of Duolingo
Grit with CEO and Co-Founder Rippling, Parker Conrad and Kleiner Perkins Partner, Mamoon Hamid
zhlédnutí 3,8KPřed 7 měsíci
Grit with CEO and Co-Founder Rippling, Parker Conrad and Kleiner Perkins Partner, Mamoon Hamid
Mamoon Hamid: Seeing the potential in Box CEO Aaron Levie
zhlédnutí 343Před 10 měsíci
Mamoon Hamid: Seeing the potential in Box CEO Aaron Levie
Grit Podcast - CEO Coach & Founder, Matt Mochary
zhlédnutí 530Před rokem
Grit Podcast - CEO Coach & Founder, Matt Mochary
Grit Podcast - CMO & CSO GitLab, Ashley Kramer
zhlédnutí 746Před rokem
Grit Podcast - CMO & CSO GitLab, Ashley Kramer
Grit Podcast - Chief Business Development Officer at Uber, Jen Vescio
zhlédnutí 526Před rokem
Grit Podcast - Chief Business Development Officer at Uber, Jen Vescio
Grit Podcast - CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora
zhlédnutí 7KPřed rokem
Grit Podcast - CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora
loved Bill's take on using customer feedback to drive product innovation. It’s clear that continuous learning is key in the tech world. Do you think these strategies are easier to implement in startups or big companies?
this is gold
If I was there and doing aaaah aaah I wasn't going to get the job
43:14 Was this an editing mistake? Lovely pod though!
ALL indigenous first America people that created planes trains bikes and automobile.
This is one of the best Grit podcasts to date. So much cool perspective she hasn't shared before.
Dr. Duckworth gives the most insightful talks on efforts and grit.
This interview is incredible.
SCAMMER!!!!!! SOLD DATA TO TALIBAN ON DARKWEB
Wow. What a talk. Eoghan has been an inspiration to all founders!
You're easily impressed. McCabe is a greedy and selfish narcissist with right-wing extremist leanings.🤡
just absolute great of the conversation... so much value learning and true great I mean you are not sure if you were going to live after certain age, and you still would come everything and be the center of this magnificent journey.... even though I’m not a gamer I totally understand without friends. It’s nothing.
I really enjoyed the interview; their story is very interesting.
Deep and helpful talk, thanks Eoghan!
This was awesome to hear. I've been a fan of Mark's for years. Today was one of the lower points in my life and I decided to try and address it by learning about business and that lead me here. Thank you for doing this! #grit
Great interview. I'm in the process of interviewing with them right now and this makes me even more excited about joining!!
Insightful 👍🏻
Holy shit at 57:50 the hiring process. Its this type of diligence and attention to detail that makes multi billion dollar entrepreneurs. Hooly shit, that was a wake up call.
Um dos melhores podcasts do Henrique
A little blown away that there are no comments on this podcast. This was definitely a top 10 podcast for me. Incredible questions, knowledge and homework by Joubin. And, loved the answers and how much I learned from Daniela. Grit is now in my rotation.
I freaking love this guy. True warrior
The podcaster needs to swear less. It is distracting. That's how I feel.
great episode Joubin, very insightful! Excited for your future episodes!
Amazing interview!
Absolutely worth every second listened.
Great content. Could you ask to other guests about obstacle they face in their career and how they got through it in detail?
Should've asked why he changed the business model from free to paid for rippling
Great guest, direct and clear 👍🏻
Great questions and amazing answers
Constructive Dismissal is illegal, because it is often used by insecure, ladder-climbing managers to create a hostile work environment for a high-performer that said manager feels threatened by.
After watching this I feel like I've had a B-12 shot
Great discussion! I really liked the questions asked and of course the given answers !
Dubugras é show
Qual estado?
Timestamps/ chapters please ?
Very inspiring!
Great segment. Thanks for sharing Jennifer. Great interview Joubin
14:55 5 Key factors that distinguish great Co.'s from rest: 1) Technical excellence - so you can attract the most amazing talent to your org, 2) Outstanding founders and management - deep belief in founder-led companies, not all founders can scale with their businesses. The really smart founders, if they know they can't, will get a COO or even bring in a CEO for awhile and then go back and run their Co's. Commitment to have outstanding management allows us to execute, 3) Strategic focus on a large or unserved market, 4) Execution speed - execution at speed is everything, 5) Reasonable financings. 16:55 Ventures can raise too much money or too little. When you run out of money, it's over - so you always want to have a cushion greater than what your plan is. 17:17 The way to make a lot of money at building your venture is about being *ruthlessly intellectually honest* about what the risk is in your venture, then remove that risk up front. 23:55 Career advice. Your top priority should be LEARNING and GROWING, not making a lot of money. Build a strong foundation of experiences. 24:05 *Learn to SELL. Learn how to GET ORDERS. If you don't find CUSTOMERS, and customers are going to PAY for what you're doing, you're going to fail.* 24:25 Learn how to manage a team of at least ~12 employees. Learn how to always NETWORK and have the CONFIDENCE to cold call anybody who matters to you. Get outside of your comfort zone. 25:05 Get really good at public speaking. People are judged by their ability to THINK and SPEAK on their feet more than anything else. 25:30 Try to get in on the ground floor of a company that could be enormous. 26:40 Your ambition should be to be A LEADER. *Ideas are relatively easy, it's **_teams_** that make things happen.* (development > raw concept). You want to lead in a culture that's going to inspire others and put the mission ahead of their own personal interests (missionary company). 27:14 *Missionaries vs. Mercenaries.* The Monk and The Riddle book, Randy Comisar (JD's friend). 28:25 PARANOIA is actually a disease state (contrary Andy Grove's "only the paranoid survive"). Instead of being driven into an area by paranoia, you can be drawn into an area by PASSION - it's a longer, more durable force. 29:40 Mercenaries: financial statements. Missionaries: values, mission statements. 30:55 JD worships at the alter of ideas and innovation. But so many disruptive ideas where there's no execution - the team DOESN'T GET IT DONE. Causes him to admire the innovators who can also LEAD: assemble, recruit, hire, and motivate a GREAT TEAM. 31:20 When joining a company: look for LEADERs, VALUES, CULTURE, find VENTURES THAT MATTER. 33:00 JD's Email 36:50 University / Higher Ed and Healthcare are the 2nd and 1st most screwed up part of the American economy. USA Healthcare industry is a $3 Tn industry - as a GDP would be the 5th largest country in the world (C19 milked it even more). Online advertising globally is only a $250 Bn industry in comparison. 43:35 HR practice: looks for substance > resume, but doesn't neglect the resume either (e.g. if you were an intern / employee at a well respected technical Co. like Google) 48:15 *Entrepreneurs do MORE than anyone thinks possible, with LESS than anyone thinks is possible.* In any field, including non-profits. 45:55 To become a VC, become a successful ENTREPRENEUR first. Figure out how hard it really is to raise money, make a payroll, fire one of your co-founders, to inspire a team and grow an organization, manage through managers when you don't know everybody's names. Figure out how to do those things and you'll be highly sought after by venture firms - because that's the real deal. You cannot buy the right to be on a board of directors or to advise entrepreneurs - you've got to earn it by virtue of experience. VC is a service industry: they're to SERVE THE entrepreneurs, provide them with advice when they want and don't, BACK THEM and to accelerate THEIR VISION. VC's don't run the Co.'s.
What a motivational guy
Great interview!
Cool
Best one yet
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No. We're forced to because you don't put the items on the shelf. Nor can you make a 'bet' on what they'll purchase. Its ridiculous that I can go to a remote town, like Lake Havasu City, AZ and have a better selection of items, than we do in Bentonville, AR...the home of Walmart. You should be fired, because you're a moron running a company into the ground.
thanks for the video presentation!
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2 comments in 7 years says even more
I like 5:30 the levels thoughts.
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Every sentence he spoke, was worth to take a note