Patrick O'Shaughnessy

You always hear that pace is the advantage of the startup, right?

Like they can move a lot faster than the incumbent, but you're trying to do this at scale.

So what's specifically about moving fast, even when there's lots of people and lots of companies and lots of stuff going on?

What have you found unlocks speed for you and your teams?

They've been living the business maybe for 10 or 20 years.

What is your favorite part about post-acquisition integration?

Speed.

How do you do the cultural component of that, especially if the culture leans most different from the culture that you've been running?

Are there most common sources of bloat that you've seen in companies that you've acquired?

Oh yeah, I've seen lots of bloat.

If you could have a five-hour session around a nice fall fire with Mr. J and two or three other people, who would you pick?

Who would you add to that conversation?

Pretty wonderful.

Yeah.

If you think about the process of employing technology in your businesses, what lessons have you learned there?

Because you said before, you're not a technologist, but you use a lot of technology.

I imagine that today, AI is probably on the front of your mind in some way, shape, or form if you're a user of technology.

How do you approach problems like this?

Okay, there's a toolkit out there in the world that keeps getting better.

It's pretty cool.