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 to arms: The 2020s would be a crucial decade for slashing carbon emissions and combating global warming. So, he and his co-founders Avi Itskovich and Christian Anderson all left Stripe to start Watershed, which helps companies measure and reduce their emissions.
In this episode, Taylor and Joubin discuss Patrick Collison, Dan Miller-Smith, hiring challenges, Jonathan Neman, “golden age syndrome,” John Doerr and Mike Moritz, the Climate Reality Project, steady partnerships, DRI cultures, shared context, social distancing, information sprawl, and the founders’ “woe is me” narrative.
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CMO Samsara, Sarah Patterson: What You Do vs. Why It Matters
CRO Calendly, Kate Ahlering: Embracing Leadership - On and Off the Basketball Court
CEO Loom, Joe Thomas: Communication, the Mother of All Skills
President at Databricks, Andy Kofoid: Reinvention at Any Stage
Former CEO Splunk, Doug Merritt: Creating 360° Order in Chaos
CEO Stord, Sean Henry: Supply Chains... Are Fun?
Former President at NetApp, Tom Mendoza: Sustaining Urgency and Injecting Tension
President, Global Strategic Customers at Salesforce, Jim Steele: Measuring Your Facetime
CMO Attentive, Sara Varni: Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers
CRO Nextdoor, Heidi Andersen: Nurturing an Elastic Mind
CMO Rippling, Matt Epstein: Building the Supermarket of SaaS
CMO TripActions, Meagen Eisenberg: The Joy of Living in Awkward
CRO Unqork, Philip Lacor: Playing the Infinite Game
CBO Duolingo, Bob Meese: Carrying Culture Through Language
CRO Pendo, Jennifer Brannigan: Un-designing Your Leadership Path
CRO Rubrik, Brian McCarthy: Embedding Missionary Values Into Company Culture
President and COO Coinbase, Emilie Choi: Rising Through the Crypto Ranks
COO Bloomreach, Christy Augustine: Thin Mints and Company Building
CEO Alteryx, Mark Anderson: Transformation Starts with Leadership
CEO Relativity, Mike Gamson: Fueling the Next Technology Ecosystems
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