My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
The abyss is where you go after something is over.
Almost every founder I've interviewed gets depressed when their company sells.
I like how Mark's dad reframed this.
https://t.co/EgCxS2QVhh
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
Jeff Bezos has one of the most successful angel portfolios ever, despite having no free time.
Bill Gurley asked him how he does it.
Jeff's response ... "When I meet an entrepreneur, there is only one thing I ask myself .. is this person going to do this no matter what."
https://t.co/tHrkyizuYr
My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
What does it mean to think in systems?
"You gotta be really conscious of the consequence and not get too deterministic about a single metric or a single variable."
https://t.co/h6i24E6qtF
My conversation with @bgurley on thinking, making decisions, and the future
0:00 Systems Thinking & Mental Models
05:21 The Power of Knowing Industry Bedrock
08:50 Traits in Founders
11:44 Surprising AI Use
13:13 The Future of AI
23:04 Is Tesla Self-driving THAT good?
24:15 Non-Consensus Opinions
24:53 The AI Buildout (Bubble?)
29:40 The Role of Retail Investors
34:26 Stablecoin
39:55 AI and Debt Analysis
45:05 Storytelling as a Superpower
50:12 Lessons from Uber
52:10 Inside the Benchmark Structure
59:42 Success
Listen and Learn!
(Includes paid partnerships.)
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
You need to understand why something works.
"Before you have the right to do better and new, you need to be a PhD in what's already proven."
https://t.co/EgCxS2QVhh
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
"It's false to believe that a company is a democracy. The way I ran the company was a democratic dictatorship. ... I want everyone's voice to be heard, but I'll be the single vote. "
https://t.co/EgCxS2QVhh
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.
What's the biggest thing that you see right now that will be obvious in hindsight?
"Voice will be the biggest thing that'll feel obvious — that we wasted so much time typing and texting and reading."
https://t.co/EgCxS2QVhh
My conversation with @markpinc, founder of Zynga creator of Farmville, Words with Friends, and so much more.
00:00 The Principles of Great Products
12:04 The Book of Life
17:56 Good Instincts and Bad Ideas
22:29 Copying Your Competitors
24:05 Proven Better New
37:25 Pitching Zynga to Steve Jobs
41:24 The Peter Thiel and Sequoia Fight
54:03 Speed Beats Accuracy
58:50 Democratic Dictatorship
1:03:44 Jeff Bezos' Invaluable Management Trick
Includes paid partnerships.