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Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need
The true seed of scale is customer love, which you can’t buy, hack, or game. Sam Altman, former president of Y Combinator, scaled countless start-ups…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rapid Response: From ‘delusion’ to criminal justice revolution, w/Ameelio’s Zo Orchingwa
When a tech nonprofit competes against a $2 billion incumbent dominating the market, its odds are slim. But Zo Orchingwa took that bet, founding Amee…
4 years, 1 month ago
Michael Dell: Break it ’til you make it
The first stage of building up a business is to break things down. Michael Dell started a computer company in his dorm room by cracking open some ear…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rapid Response: Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun’s Mary Powell
While gasoline prices soar, solar company Sunrun is poised to usher in a customer-led revolution of distributed energy technologies. Sunrun’s CEO Mar…
4 years, 2 months ago
Improving human dignity is an engine of scale, w/Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Delivering human dignity to your customers is more than just good practice. It can be a powerful engine of scale. This insight has inspired Phaedra E…
4 years, 2 months ago
Above all else, invest in friendship: Reid Hoffman’s 2022 commencement speech
For Reid Hoffman, the way to live a meaningful and productive life is to focus on one key area: friendships. Speaking at Vanderbilt University’s 2022…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
Most future of work conversations revolve around the “where,” but Upwork CEO Hayden Brown says it’s more important to focus on the “who.” 10% of the …
4 years, 2 months ago
Strategy Session Live!: How can a start-up beat a Goliath? What gets top talent to stay put? How do you keep multiple stakeholders happy?
How can a small business survive a David vs. Goliath competition? If two sets of stakeholders have opposing needs, how can a startup pivot to keep th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rapid Response: Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney
Entrepreneurship is an essential tool for building a more equitable society — which is why Kathryn Finney is laser-focused on encouraging people who …
4 years, 2 months ago
Lead, lead again, w/Meta's Sheryl Sandberg
In just 6 years, Facebook grew to 2 billion users and 14,000 employees. How? Well, first, they hired COO Sheryl Sandberg. And she knew that to lead a…
4 years, 2 months ago