Dara Khosrowshahi

And Barry's the same, which is like, he'll throw a young person off the deep end, and you'll either sink or you'll swim. He's selective in who he throws off, you know, what deep end, et cetera. But both of them were willing to give opportunity outside of like regular scope or regular process, et cetera. And it shows. They build incredible loyalty in terms of the people who know them.

And Barry's the same, which is like, he'll throw a young person off the deep end, and you'll either sink or you'll swim. He's selective in who he throws off, you know, what deep end, et cetera. But both of them were willing to give opportunity outside of like regular scope or regular process, et cetera. And it shows. They build incredible loyalty in terms of the people who know them.

It was a very considered decision, which was I studied engineering in school. And I actually had an engineering management job lined up at a paint factory. And then I fell in love with a commodity trader in New York City. And at the time, I'm like, I need a job in New York City. What kind of job can I get? And it was investment banking. My brother worked there. Still works there, right?

It was a very considered decision, which was I studied engineering in school. And I actually had an engineering management job lined up at a paint factory. And then I fell in love with a commodity trader in New York City. And at the time, I'm like, I need a job in New York City. What kind of job can I get? And it was investment banking. My brother worked there. Still works there, right?

Still works there. So I got the job and chased the woman of my dreams and broke up with her six months later. But I got a job at Allen & Company, a pretty cool career.

Still works there. So I got the job and chased the woman of my dreams and broke up with her six months later. But I got a job at Allen & Company, a pretty cool career.

You know, you could be right or I could have just gotten totally lucky by falling into Allen & Company. I really do think it was just things came together. And everyone's career who's successful, it's a combination of luck and opportunity and taking advantage of that opportunity. And I just got lucky.

You know, you could be right or I could have just gotten totally lucky by falling into Allen & Company. I really do think it was just things came together. And everyone's career who's successful, it's a combination of luck and opportunity and taking advantage of that opportunity. And I just got lucky.

I think I always tell people that The most common mistake that I see in young people is that they overplan their career. And like, oh, I want to do X or I want to be vice president or I want to make so much money by a certain time.

I think I always tell people that The most common mistake that I see in young people is that they overplan their career. And like, oh, I want to do X or I want to be vice president or I want to make so much money by a certain time.

And when you overplan your career, you know, there's this human bias, which is to look for signal that agrees with the plan that you have and ignore it, everything else that doesn't agree. With it. So my advice for young people is like, don't over plan. You never know what opportunities are going to come up. I plan to stay at Allen & Company my whole life. It was my place.

And when you overplan your career, you know, there's this human bias, which is to look for signal that agrees with the plan that you have and ignore it, everything else that doesn't agree. With it. So my advice for young people is like, don't over plan. You never know what opportunities are going to come up. I plan to stay at Allen & Company my whole life. It was my place.

My brother wound up being there. But... Being open to possibilities, being open to opportunities. And then when you get that opportunity, going all in, you know, like it's just don't hedge. If you're going to be in something, go all in and do what's required of you. And then like 50% more, like blow people away. And then, you know, tomorrow maybe something else comes up and you'll get there.

My brother wound up being there. But... Being open to possibilities, being open to opportunities. And then when you get that opportunity, going all in, you know, like it's just don't hedge. If you're going to be in something, go all in and do what's required of you. And then like 50% more, like blow people away. And then, you know, tomorrow maybe something else comes up and you'll get there.

But like while you're in, you go all in. But at the same time, like keep your eyes open because you never know.

But like while you're in, you go all in. But at the same time, like keep your eyes open because you never know.

God, I learned so much. Booking was an execution machine. And their focus, when we talked about focus, was hotels, hotels, hotels. And Expedia was much more, it started with air, right? And hotels was to some extent secondary. And so I think one of the lessons is like, hey, go after the larger market.

God, I learned so much. Booking was an execution machine. And their focus, when we talked about focus, was hotels, hotels, hotels. And Expedia was much more, it started with air, right? And hotels was to some extent secondary. And so I think one of the lessons is like, hey, go after the larger market.

And if you're a marketplace business, go after fragmentation of supply, which is if you think about hotels, there's so many more hotels in the world than there are airlines. So I think they focused completely in the right area and built a global business first and just were an absolute execution machine.

And if you're a marketplace business, go after fragmentation of supply, which is if you think about hotels, there's so many more hotels in the world than there are airlines. So I think they focused completely in the right area and built a global business first and just were an absolute execution machine.