B2BaCEO (with Ashu Garg)

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FreeWheel Doug Knopper tells me how he uses his considerable Silicon Valley experience to train the next generation of talent with his new project, CEOhacker.

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DoubleClick acquired

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/technology/14DoubleClick.html

FreeWheel acquired

https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/01/comcast-freewheel/

Silicon Valley’s diversity problem

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/silicon-valleys-diversity-problem-is-its-achilles-heel.html

FreeWheel’s commitment to diversity

http://freewheel.tv/freewheel-views/engineers-week-thriving-through-diversity/

CEOhacker

https://www.ceohacker.com/

Super-networker and Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta tells me how listening to people and creating a good company culture has turned the customer success software platform into a market leader.

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Nick Mehta’s site

https://www.mehtaphysical.com/

Gainsight

https://www.gainsight.com/

The one page strategic plan

https://scalingup.com/book/

Shoshin

https://alyjuma.com/shoshin/

Gainsight was one of the best small companies to work for in 2018

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/12/10/costco-google-t-mobile-ranked-best-companies-work-2018/2202327002/

Co-Founder and CEO of Nutanix Dheeraj Pandey took his company from an idea to a unicorn in just five years. He tells me how he still feels like an underdog and why simple, reliable products make successful companies.

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Nutanix is a unicorn

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/01/14/nutanix-101m-round-unicorn/#429b0793582a

Nutanix goes public

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/business/dealbook/ipo-values-cloud-company-nutanix-at-2-18-billion.html

Red ocean vs. blue ocean

https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/tools/red-ocean-vs-blue-ocean-strategy/

Dheeraj’s “focus, listen, respect” and “less is more” parenting advice

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-important-lessons-youve-learned-from-founding-that-youre-teaching-your-kids

Jyoti Bansal’s AppDynamics recently sold to Cisco for $3.8 billion. As a first-time sole founder and CEO from a tech background, Jyoti tells me what he learned about the business side of things.

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Cisco buys AppDynamics for $3.7 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/cisco-buys-tech-ipo-candidate-appdynamics-for-37-billion.htm

AppDynamics completes first funding round

https://www.appdynamics.com/press-release/appdynamics-secures-55-million-venture-funding-greylock-ventures-and-lightspeed/

“The Four Horsemen of Saas”

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-four-horsemen-of-saas/

AppDynamics raises $11 million in Series B round

https://www.appdynamics.com/press-release/appdynamics-raises-11-million-series-b-round/

Jyoti Bansal’s new company:

https://harness.io/