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Should Congress Apologize To Mark Zuckerberg?
Tech CEOs hauled infront of Congress.
Yaniv Bernstein
February 07, 2024
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This week, we welcome special guest John Cutler to discuss embracing the startup mess and the insiders return to debate whether Congress Apologize To Mark Zuckerberg?
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Edu: Beyond Startup Dogma - John Cutler Says Embrace The Mess
Startup founders are often preached to follow neat frameworks and one-size fits all prescriptions.
Here to say “embrace the mess” is John Cutler. John is a well-respected thought leader in the startup world. He is currently the Senior director responsible for product enablement at Toast. John has previously held the position of product evangelist at Amplitude and numerous product management roles over his fascinating career arc. Most importantly, John is the author of the long running newsletter “The Beautiful Mess” where he posts prolifically to his followers about product development.
This week, John joins Chris and Yaniv to discuss:
John’s fascinating career arc
🔄Reverse Anna Karenina Principle and how it applies to startups
🌀Dysfunctional teams and key anti-patterns associated
🕵️♂️Finding the right people
🧠Deriving views from first principles
🌐Non-Silicon Valley Startup operators unique perspective
⏳💔Startups dying slowly vs dying quickly
🚀📚Putting reps in at a startup vs consuming content
This episode is jam-packed with product knowledge and will get you reconsidering your perspectives on startups.
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Should congress apologize to Mark Zuckerberg?
If you haven’t been living under a rock recently, major tech company CEOs have been hauled into Congress to discuss child safety and moderation on their platforms.
What does it mean?
Is Congress right to really drill down on these CEOs?
What else could Congress be doing to really change the current climate to protect our kids while also protecting democracy and free speech?
To debate the hottest topic in tech this week is Emil Michael, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein.
Together the insiders discuss:
⚖️The balance between regulation and platform benefits
👀Excessive oversight
🛡️🔍Accountability of tech companies for harmful content amplified by algorithms and the role of regulation in addressing these issues
🧪🦠The Lab Leak Theory
Don’t miss this SPICY episode.
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Using Your Budget As A Weapon
Why One-Off Integration Partnerships Suck
One-off integration partnerships suck
They need to be a key part of your current strategy or don't do them.
That means don't just accept an integration just because it lands in your lap. You need to be ready to
1. Build a real API product (not easy)
2. Maintain the API over time (even harder)
3. Turn it into an entire business/department of your company with a full program of support, including...
a) A target customer (E.g., Distribution partners)
b) An internal owner (E.g., A sales leader)
c) Sales enablement (E.g., Deck, website, etc)
d) Sales motions (E.g., Pipelines, calls, contracts, sales!)
Otherwise, it just turns into a distracting one-off special project that just creates an expensive integration and maintenance distraction.
Worse, the one-off opportunistic deal almost never turns out as fruitful as you initially imagined.
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