Dick Costolo
9 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 12, 2018 by Dick Costolo · said 10 times in 6 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
- 20VC: How To Deliver Feedback with Compassion and Clarity, WTF Are Values Really and How To Instill Them & Raising $50M+ From Index and Greylock but Remaining in Stealth for 12 Months with Linda Lian, Co-Founder & CEO @ CommonRoom
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
2017 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Feb 12, 2018
Twitter embedded SF executives overseas for years during global expansion
“So one of the things I did when we opened international offices was I would send a couple of my folks from my leadership team in San Francisco to open the office and stay there for a One to two years as we built that office out and brought in local leaders and…”
Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018
Costolo: Improv comedy teaches founders to trust initial instincts
“Some of the things I learned about improvising helped me being an entrepreneur. 100%. There's no question about it. Things like you just have to run with whatever you've got to go on. Any, whatever your first idea is, whatever your instincts are, Run with thos…”
Feb 12, 2018
Costolo: Large-company employees can adapt as flexible startup 'stem cells'
“No, I don't agree with that thesis. I think that people surprise you and people who were in very specific functional roles in company X when it was 10,000 people can jump into a startup and be a, you know, what I would call a stem cell and play multiple roles …”
Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018 negative
Costolo: Founders receive flawed advice driven by investor success bias
“A lot of CEOs and entrepreneurs are given bad advice by investors that are based on success biases of other things they've invested in, They're given bad advice by their CEOs who are giving their advice based on the success biases of their own companies.”
Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018
Costolo: Giving teams ownership of solutions yields better creativity and accountability
“By doing that and not being prescriptive about the solution, but giving the team ownership and authority over the solution, they're going to be a lot more creative. They're probably going to be aggressive and creative and, you know, and then it's easy to hold …”
Feb 12, 2018
Costolo: Scaling CEOs wrongly assume satellite offices automatically adopt HQ culture
“I think the biggest mistake a lot of CEOs of companies that are scaling outside their headquarters office for the first time make are They assume that all of the offices understand and operate based on, you know, the CEO and the headquarters folks understandin…”