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Jeff Glueck

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
184 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

It's time to build the future of self-driving cars, and you do not want to be dependent on Google in the future.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

I talked to one of the big three automakers, I won't say who, about, you know, were they going to use Google software, Android car?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

And this automaker head of Palo Alto Research Center said, well, gee, that didn't work out well for HGC.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

So I think a lot of smart companies want to build differentiated mobile experiences in the future, and we're helping them do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

That is our business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Unlike Amazon or Google or Facebook, we're not out to eat their lunch.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

We're out to help them make a better lunch.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Good to Great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

I spent some time with the CEO and founder of WeWork, Adam Neumann, and he inspired me to make this mug.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

For explorers, makers, and leaders, he said, make sure your mission is on a mug that everyone is drinking coffee from daily.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Well, obviously, I love our own apps, Foursquare Swarm and Foursquare City Guide.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

But, you know, I've been listening to a lot of podcasts on Stitcher lately from thoughtful people in politics and business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

Right now I'm listening to Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, which I recommend.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

About seven.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

I sleep with my three kids every morning, although sadly I don't get home in time to see them, to put them to bed, except on the weekends.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

You know, I would just give confidence to that 20-something to say, you know, it's going to be okay if you take the risk.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

You know, in all of my career, I turned down the, you know, I left the National Security Council to go do a crazy startup, last-minute travel.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
779: Foursquare CEO on Transition From Consumer Social Network to B2B Enterprise Data Company

I turned down McKinsey to go off and work on poverty alleviation in Latin America and peace in the Middle East.