Brian Chesky
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That is a product company, and you really want to make sure long-term that a product person is driving the company. This goes to the very awkward thing that no one wants to talk about. Succession planning is hard because the people that are great product visionaries are typically young. They're young, they're less mature.
That is a product company, and you really want to make sure long-term that a product person is driving the company. This goes to the very awkward thing that no one wants to talk about. Succession planning is hard because the people that are great product visionaries are typically young. They're young, they're less mature.
Who wants to put a young, not super mature person at the helm of a giant company managing... Founders are allowed to manage people older than them because they're the founders. But if you're not the founder, people just don't want to be managed by somebody younger than them who's maybe a virtuoso, a wunderkind, but they're a little immature. And the companies don't want to take that risk.
Who wants to put a young, not super mature person at the helm of a giant company managing... Founders are allowed to manage people older than them because they're the founders. But if you're not the founder, people just don't want to be managed by somebody younger than them who's maybe a virtuoso, a wunderkind, but they're a little immature. And the companies don't want to take that risk.
Who wants to put a young, not super mature person at the helm of a giant company managing... Founders are allowed to manage people older than them because they're the founders. But if you're not the founder, people just don't want to be managed by somebody younger than them who's maybe a virtuoso, a wunderkind, but they're a little immature. And the companies don't want to take that risk.
So they bias towards senior, grown-up founders functional experts, and typically that function is not the product. And I think that's a problem. Satya is more technical. I think that has afforded them more, but he mostly just got them back to Bill Gates' primacy. So I think that Apple should go back to having a CEO that's the chief product officer.
So they bias towards senior, grown-up founders functional experts, and typically that function is not the product. And I think that's a problem. Satya is more technical. I think that has afforded them more, but he mostly just got them back to Bill Gates' primacy. So I think that Apple should go back to having a CEO that's the chief product officer.
So they bias towards senior, grown-up founders functional experts, and typically that function is not the product. And I think that's a problem. Satya is more technical. I think that has afforded them more, but he mostly just got them back to Bill Gates' primacy. So I think that Apple should go back to having a CEO that's the chief product officer.
I think they should rein the company in and simplify how they operate. But that's just my opinion.
I think they should rein the company in and simplify how they operate. But that's just my opinion.
I think they should rein the company in and simplify how they operate. But that's just my opinion.
I think Airbnb is the right job for me. They definitely need somebody who has hardware experience.
I think Airbnb is the right job for me. They definitely need somebody who has hardware experience.
I think Airbnb is the right job for me. They definitely need somebody who has hardware experience.
Thank you. I love this. All right. Thank you, Nealey.
Thank you. I love this. All right. Thank you, Nealey.
Thank you. I love this. All right. Thank you, Nealey.