Reece Funderburk

Comms @MedUnivSC, Sneakerhead, Powerlifter, General Manager of many digital football teams. Brittany Spaniel Owner and husband of @sydneya224 #Panthers #UofSC

[David Senra @davidsenra]

A conversation with Ed Catmull, founder of Pixar. I've been making podcasts about Ed for over 8 years. He invited me to his home and told incredible stories from his 60 year career. Ed worked with Steve Jobs longer than anyone else — for more than a quarter century. We talked about what he learned from Steve, the founding of Pixar, building a company at the intersection of art and technology, why getting the team right is the necessary precursor to getting the idea right, and so much more.

Ed is full of hard-earned practical wisdom. Spending time with someone I’ve studied for almost a decade was awesome.

I hope you listen.

0:00 Most Companies Are Full Of Shit
4:28 The Brain Trust Mechanism
10:13 Why Steve Jobs Was Banned From The Braintrust
17:48 Your Job Is To Manage The Dynamics
23:27 Betting The Company On Toy Story
24:35 Engineering Eisner's Worst Nightmare
36:51 Bob Iger's Crappy Hand
38:44 Why Disney Never Asked What Pixar Was Doing
43:48 Take The Hard Problem
44:38 The Director Can't Lose The Team
48:48 Quality Is The Best Business Plan
52:32 What Walt Disney Taught Him
59:25 George Lucas And The Motion Blur Problem
1:08:48 Now What's The Point Of My Life
1:13:31 How Much Of This Was Me
1:16:10 George Lucas Wanted The Whole Industry Healthy
1:25:11 Refusing To Let Anyone Feel Second Class
1:32:38 The Truck In The Building

Includes paid partnerships.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@postingtowards But he’s not wrong

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@BrianSuttererMD @BillSimmons Needs to happen

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@eloncupofcoffee @zakfilm 0h 100%. Why pay to make the dvds and blue rays for a single time purchase when you can keep people bringing in income monthly through streaming. They’ve been doing away with physical media for a few years.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@eloncupofcoffee @zakfilm Wouldn’t say the departments are useless but more so, they can contract the results out and not have to pay retirement or health care costs for those employees.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@JoshDaws Seems impossible to get a job with the company without going through Disney College program at some point. That the case?

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@fandompulse 2 is super slept on

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

For all the Allbirds doubters, designing a shoe is pretty much the same as designing a data center, so that's actually a solid pivot.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@LayoffAI Not defending the move, no one should lose their job, but to think this move was done by the new CEO and not already decided by the previous administration and board is crazy. A cut this large was not something decided in the last two weeks.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@BriYosh_FR Was in mid watch 😭

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@BCrawford247 It’s not steroids. It just increases endurance by a small percentage.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@TdLeaker @sama Been that way

[Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi]

NEW: Newly released Epstein documents reveal FBI agent purposely removed hard drive from jail video recording system, intentionally erasing all prison footage during the time of Epstein’s death.

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Today’s American History Lesson: Puerto Rico has been part of the U.S. since 1898, and Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

We’ve cheered many non-Americans at the #SuperBowl. Bad Bunny isn’t one of them.
🏈 🎤

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@CentroLeaks There needs to be more solo content as well. A story mode would do wonders

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@beautifulhands7 @rBillSimmonsPod Sounds like a pretty good boss to me

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@zetateacher0308 @NBAPR Agreed. I bought tickets from 3 hours away. With 6 inches of snow projected, I can’t even make it anymore

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@hornets What about for those who bought tickets and can’t make this time?

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@KevinOConnor "Finally healthy" but playing with that massive wrap on his shoulder. He's nowhere close to healthy which is the scary part.

[Reece Funderburk @ReeceFunderburk]

@hornets @HornetsPR @NBA Are there any plans or updates regarding the San Antonio game schedule for Saturday? I have tickets to travel to Charlotte from Charleston and it seems impossible with the forecast projection?