Michael Ovitz

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The Knowledge Project · Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power · 3 Feb 2026 podcast

I really didn't understand it at the time.

The reason I didn't understand it, this is 1999, they developed a cloud.

couldn't understand what they were talking about.

Where is it?

How do you plug it in?

Where does it get power?

What is it?

And they had thought this through in 1999.

And they developed a company called Loud Club.

And then they said to me, we'd like you on the board.

And I said, guys, I'm really enjoying talking to you guys.

but I'm an idiot about this stuff.

What do you want me on the board for?

I don't even understand what product we're selling at this company.

And to their credit, they said, we want someone who's not beholding to anyone in Silicon Valley, someone who thinks out of the box, and someone who's fearless at going up against the other people on the board.

And I said, okay, I can do that.

And I did it.

You know, it's funny, Shane.

I don't know if that's good or bad, by the way.

I haven't, to this day, haven't decided.

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