Today we're reflecting on our previous episode (ep. 36 with Melissa Kwan) and are talking about the collaboration between business and technical functions in a company - both in our startup as well as reminiscing about our days in AWS.

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Segments:

[00:33] Teaser of the next episode

[02:45] Update on the podcast

[10:38] Reflection on the latest episode with Melissa

[15:55] CEO vs. CTO role a.k.a. Product vs. Engineering

[27:16] Book and podcast recommendations

Show notes

- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson: https://amzn.to/3ZvLnbc

- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson: https://amzn.to/3Rw32xr

- Lex episode with Walter Isaacson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOV5R7M1Js

- Hard Fork episode about the Elon Musk book: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casey-v-kevin-on-us-v-google-walter-isaacson-on-two/id1528594034?i=1000627978267

- Dinosaur "rap" (reference to Howdytoons): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VML3OWyQ9a0