Guest: Scott McNealy, former CEO and co-founder of Sun Microsystems & co-founder of Curriki
Scott McNealy never wanted to be CEO of Sun, and in his 22-year tenure before selling to Oracle, he knows there were times he failed to execute, or to rein in the once-iconic Silicon Valley firm’s worst impulses. But like his pro golfer son, Maverick, Scott doesn’t like to look back: “Golfers will always look back and blame the wind, a divot that wasn't repaired, a bad rake job, a mower cut that wasn't done properly, a gust of wind,” he explains. “If you blame yourself for all of the mistakes you make. You will hate yourself ... I look forward.”
In this episode, Scott and Joubin discuss Scott Cook, Maverick McNealy, why big companies are riskier than startups, Al Gore, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Kodak, Dick Kleinhans, Harvard University, “bozo invasions,” Myers-Briggs, making an example, Motorola car phones, the Moscone Center, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA’s valuation, farewell letters, “you have no privacy,” open-source education, and toothpaste.com.
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President of Field Operations at BetterUp, Marc Maloy: Building Better Organizations by Building Successful People
CEO Incorta, Scott Jones: From Running Sales to Running a Company, and Everything in Between
Head of eSports at Activision Blizzard, Brandon Snow: Building 'Generational Fandom' of Professional Video Game Teams
Head of Revenue and BD at Asana, Oliver Jay: The Cutting Edge of Product-Led Growth
SVP Sales at Affirm, Eric Morse: Exploring The Partnership Between Engineering and Sales
CRO Front, LB Harvey: Moving Up-Market + Operational Excellence
CRO/CSO Dialpad, Dan O’Connell: Taking Risks and Running a Company
CCO Figma, Amanda Kleha: The Strategies Behind Figma’s $10 Billion Valuation
CRO Okta, Steve Rowland: Identifying and Developing Future Business Leaders
CRO Thrive, Renu Gupta: Building Positive Personal and Professional Habits
SVP Sales at Iterable, Jan Zeman: Hiring and Coaching Successful Sales Talent
Chief Customer Officer at Xero, Rachael Powell: The Power of Positive Psychology: Creating Authentic Company Cultures
President of Sprout Social, Ryan Barretto: Establishing a Compelling Company Vision
SVP Revenue at GitHub, Erica Anderson: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Sales Motions
CRO DataStax, Harry Ault: The Three Steps to a Successful Tech Company Turnaround
VP Unity Technologies, Laura Palmer: Going The Extra Mile: Forging Meaningful Customer Connections
President and COO Golden State Warriors, Brandon Schneider: Building One of the NBA’s Most Valuable Teams
CRO RealReal, Kayti Sullivan: Setting Priorities in Work and in Life
CRO UiPath, Thomas Hansen: Balancing the Art and Science of Sales
VP of Global Professional Services at PayPal, Marcy Campbell: Risk and Reward: Creating Successful Sales Organizations
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