Mark Pincus
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1,607 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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And I don't really aspire to anything else.
And corporations want people who are going to be team players.
And I've always said, I don't know if I put this in the book, that I'm a great team player as long as I'm running the team.
Can you explain that?
Yeah.
Wouldn't it be nice if that were true?
Because then you're like, oh, I'm in a dark period.
It means I'm the darkest for the dawn.
It means I'm about to have great stuff happen.
So that's an optimistic view.
Not always true.
Or how long that abyss is going to
go on for you know it could be six months it could be six years but in your case you hate the abyss and therefore it gives you the motivation to do whatever you want to get out of the abyss yes yes but you got to be really careful that you don't have such a strong desire to get out of the abyss that you pursue a b plus idea or something so so it's the longer you've been in the abyss
The more desperate you are to not be in the abyss, the more dangerous you are to yourself in terms that you have to really have the discipline still.
And that's why I think I try to talk about pathways out of the abyss are lots of little steps like engage, but realize that what you're engaging in may not meet your ambitions.
And that's powerful knowledge for you to have.
I would say one thing I've realized in talking about this since writing the book is that
When I look at the pattern of my career, it seems to have gone in waves of success and failure.
And it seems to be that I had a lot of success early on with Freeloader, with support.com, going public.
My second company right after that in like four years.
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