Natalie Chernysh

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[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

@LubaYudasina Happy birthday Luba!! Cheers to a great year ahead.

[Neo @neo]

“I’m definitely not getting this job!” Satya Nadella recalls a lesson from his interview to join Microsoft.

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/562ZsMLRgn

[Neo @neo]

Dara Khosrowshahi’s family lost everything when they moved to the US from Iran. He and Ali talk about growing up with parents who had to start over.

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/Htn7JA7KhI

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

It's rare for a CEO to show vulnerability.

We should thank Satya Nadella for it and encourage others to follow his example.

If the head of Microsoft can do it, so can you.

https://t.co/C8b1xN2UwO

Watch full episode of "Confession" on @Neo or wherever you get podcasts.

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

Absolute BEASTS 🔥 ... and they're HIRING?!! If you want to join a team of founders truly commited to excellence and the grind, these are your people! @adamkhakhar

[Adam Khakhar @adamkhakhar]

Today we are finally coming out of stealth with a few announcements:
- Founding @thirdmomentres with my friend Jeffrey Yan: automatically improving inference endpoints (with focus on data research).
- Fundraise at $250M valuation earlier this Summer with investors including @neo (@apartovi ), @Mascobot , @adamdangelo and more.
- 0 -> 8 figures in revenue within ~6 months of founding the company. In just this past month, we won $10M+ in contracts.
- Hiring ~15 more engineers in the next 45 days. Currently based in SF, opening a NYC office soon.

Jeffrey and I are building Third Moment to do two things: (1) make it effortless for enterprises to deploy state-of-the-art AI tailored to their workflows, and (2) build best-in-class RL environments that push the frontier of model capabilities. The design of a reinforcement learning environment has an underappreciated impact on the resulting behaviors of the models trained on it.

If you are interested in pushing the frontier of ML systems and data research, reach out to us ([email protected]). Check out OpenAI’s blog post on some of our experiments in the comments.

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

I really enjoyed this conversation -- Luba is a fantastic interviewer and got me to open up about a lot of stories from the past!

[dara khosrowshahi @dkhos]

My first Pod w/a family member - my cuz @apartovi @neo. Fun (although some of it wasn’t fun at the time …) to turn back the clock and run through the ups and downs of our career paths.

[Neo @neo]

Dara Khosrowshahi on the importance of being honest with your team, no matter how hard it feels.

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/pkrDGNbykB

[Neo @neo]

“I gave up and that bugs me a lot”: in 1999, Satya Nadella saw the importance of Search and didn’t press hard enough for it.

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/jevunaWrkT

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

I knew Satya Nadella long before he became Microsoft CEO. He was my boss after Microsoft bought my startup in 1998.

In the debut of my podcast, "Confession," Satya shares lessons about empathy, courage, and taking on risk as a leader. And I make a confession of my own. Enjoy!

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

In "Confession" episode 2, Dara Khosrowshahi reveals a mistake from years ago that still bugs him. He opens up about hitting rock bottom as Uber CEO.

Dara and I are cousins and share many stories from growing up together. I love his candor and humility. Enjoy!

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

One of my favorite conversations yet: Ali sits down with his cousin, Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, on Confession.

Listen wherever you find your podcasts!!

... Dara's also a @BrownUniversity alum... so maybe I'm a little bias :)

[Neo @neo]

🎙️ Watch now: podcast available on all platforms.

Episode 2. Dara Khosrowshahi on “Confession with Ali Partovi”

– Leaving Iran in the revolution with nothing but family
– The Priceline deal he failed to push through at Expedia
–"I lost confidence... I just backed off."
– Uber’s COVID layoffs and hitting rock bottom

… and much more with Uber CEO @Dkhos.

(0:00) “85% of our volume disappeared overnight”: COVID hits Uber
(3:23) “We lost everything the family had”: Leaving Iran to start over
(10:12) “We’re getting a second chance”: the grit to rebuild
(13:26) “It was ignorance and desperation”: rising to lead Expedia
(17:42) “Not a particularly good one”: Dara rates himself as CEO
(20:16) “But I lost confidence”: the missed opportunity that haunts him
(23:49) “I didn’t hire you to be average”: Barry Diller on taking risks
(27:06) “At first I said no”: Turning down the Uber job
(29:45) “Everyone has a bullshit meter”: Being honest with the team
(37:10) “I was trying to put off the decision”: dreading a layoff

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

The first full episode of Confession is live!! 🎙️

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙

[Neo @neo]

🎙️ Watch now: debut podcast available on all platforms.

Episode 1. Satya Nadella on “Confession with Ali Partovi”

– The interview question he still thinks about decades later
–"We won the browser war, only to lose the web"
– His son Zain and how his empathy journey began

… and much more with Microsoft CEO @satyanadella.

(0:00) “You need more empathy”: a job interview gone bad
(0:27) Welcome to Confession
(1:06) Growing up in India
(4:13) “See the world through his eyes”: the birth of his son Zain
(11:27) “I didn’t care. I didn’t listen”: failing as a manager
(16:07) “It haunts me”: lacking the courage to speak up
(19:50) “We didn’t understand that the economic value is all in search”
(26:19) Ali: “I was essentially fired… I’ve never told anyone”

[connor ling @conconconling]

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[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

Today, we’re launching a show that was seeded years ago. We’ve taken it from zero to one.

Welcome to Confession.

First two episodes drop next Tuesday, October 13th and you will not want to miss them. 💙

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

@apartovi's new podcast, Confession, is a love letter to anyone who has stood in their own way when it was time to take a big swing. 💙

A year ago, I joined Neo for its mission: empowering ambitious people to maximize their potential.

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

I'm starting a podcast, "Confession," where I invite tech veterans to share their painful lessons.

We all connect through shared pain. Hear founders & CEOs like Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), Luana Lopes Lara (Kalshi), and others share their stories and lessons learned.

Subscribe to Confession on...
✅ Spotify: https://t.co/ivOCa9wYK5
✅ Youtube: https://t.co/Ofo7boNWfg
✅ Apple: https://t.co/i8SFYF1CZC

@SatyaNadella @Dkhos @luanalopeslara

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

It matters to founders building consequential companies. It matters to the early operators risking their careers alongside them.

Confession reflects the same ethos that guides the checks Neo writes, the programs we run, and the experiences we create.

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

@apartovi embodies that honesty. He can talk about what went wrong without turning it into a backdoor brag about what ultimately went right.

He shares something truly f*cking human.

That combination of vulnerability and courage is what drew me here.

[Natalie Chernysh @natchernysh]

@Neo is an educational institution.

And part of helping people reach their potential is being honest about when things go right, and especially when they go wrong.