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Michael Ovitz

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1591 total appearances

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And they're doing a great job, just different than the way I did it.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

But the other thing that's important to me is I can't wait to get up in the morning and meet with a founder who's just...

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

you know, developed a submarine that has no crew that has defense capabilities for the country and you can't see it, it's stealth.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Or I've got a young guy I've done, I've already done one company with him.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I'm doing another one.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

His name's Nima Gamsari.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I met him 17 years ago.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

He was assigned to me at Palantir when I was one of the advisors to Alex Karp, who's a brilliant guy.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I was introduced to him by Peter Thiel, who had invested a lot of money in Palantir and there was no income.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

He asked me to help monetize it, which shows that you don't have to be totally technical to be in the tech world.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And Nima was assigned to me to answer technical questions because he was a genius engineer.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

We started a company together.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

He had an idea that he could put a company together together.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

called Blend, it's now public, that does mortgages on your phone in under 10 clicks.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Now he came up with another idea.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I just got him all the funding, including from us.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And I'm doing the marketing and he's hired the right engineers.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And it's a total incubation.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I can't tell you how much fun it is.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And I can't tell you how much I'm learning because I'm not an engineer, but I love the idea.