Will Robbins

Will Robbins

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Will Robbins episodes

  • Kevin Maney | How Thomas Watson built the company of the 20th Century

    00:00 the origins of IBM0

    7:00 the first “Celebrity CEO”

    12:00 betting the farm

    16:18 Watson’s cruelty and generosity

    20:34 the birth of corporate culture in the US

    33:45 solving the succession problem

    48:38 navigating technical revolutions

    52:11 the world’s best corporate archive

    58:10 the Hundred Percent Club

    1:04:50 what Watson would have done in 2020

    What can we learn from the greatest CEO of the 20th Century? IBM is no longer cool, but Thomas J. Watson built a company that was more dominant than any around today.

    Kevin Maney wrote the book on Watson and shares his lessons learned.

    See The Maverick and His Machine on Amazon: amazon.com/Maverick-His-Machine-Thomas-Watson/dp/0471414638

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Emil Michael: The State of Entrepreneurship in America

    Emil was Chief Business Officer at Uber. He raised billions of dollars, drove international expansion, and managed a "regulatory revolution" for rideshare.

    00:00 intro
    00:42 regulatory capture
    03:23 why we can’t build anything
    09:25 software culture in America
    11:20 “Uber for X” opportunities
    17:07 winner-take-most markets
    30:45 self driving cars and Uber
    43:00 becoming a “talent vortex”
    49:20 the New World of PR
    58:28 what Emil is doing now
    1:03:00 the landscape for founders
    1:11:20 our antitrust regime
    1:24:30 writing better policy
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    Follow Emil
    Website - https://www.emilmichael.com
    X - https://x.com/emilmichael

    1 hr 28 min
  • The Zepto Story: Redefining Grocery in India (with Aadit Palicha & Kaivalya Vohra)

    Zepto grew from nothing to a $1.4 billion valuation in less than three years. Cofounders Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra tell the story of growing up, the early days of Zepto, how they built the company, and what's ahead.

    Get Zepto
    Web - http://zeptonow.com
    Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeptoconsumerapp
    iOS - https://apps.apple.com/in/app/zepto-10-min-grocery-delivery/id1575323645
    Follow Zepto
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zeptonow/
    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeptonow/
    Twitter - http://twitter.com/zeptonow

    1 hr 32 min

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