Pixar

7 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 30, 2017 by Ali Rowghani · said 34 times in 15 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Oct 30, 2017 positive
Opinion
Rowghani: Steve Jobs was the most impressive executive in any room
“He was hands down the most impressive executive inside a room that I've ever been around.”
Ali Rowghani Oct 30, 2017 ▶ 7:22 20VC: YC's Ali Rowghani on Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull and Jack Dorsey & The 3 Traits All Truly Successful Leaders Share
Oct 30, 2017
Insight
Rowghani: A great team is more important than a great idea
“A great team is more important than a great idea. And I think in Hollywood, like everyone's chasing scripts and ideas and this, that, and the other thing. And Pixar is just focused on the quality of the team that it's able to put together. The idea being a gre…”
Ali Rowghani Oct 30, 2017 ▶ 21:23 20VC: YC's Ali Rowghani on Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull and Jack Dorsey & The 3 Traits All Truly Successful Leaders Share
Oct 30, 2017
Assertion Supported
Rowghani: Disney returned Toy Story 3 to Pixar after 2006 acquisition
“We sold the company to Disney in 2006. And as part of that transaction, Disney naturally closed down their own production efforts on Toy Story three and gave the film back to Pixar.”
Ali Rowghani Oct 30, 2017 ▶ 12:14 20VC: YC's Ali Rowghani on Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull and Jack Dorsey & The 3 Traits All Truly Successful Leaders Share
Feb 12, 2018 positive
Opinion
Costolo: Ed Catmull's 'Creativity, Inc.' is one of the best leadership books
“Creativity Inc. By Ed Catmull about the entire story of founding and running Pixar. I think it's one of the, has become probably one of the best books on leadership out there.”
Dick Costolo Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 16:14 20VC: Dick Costolo on The Balance of Vision and Realism in Startups, The Biggest Challenge in Scaling Twitter & How To Optimise Decision Making Internally
Mar 16, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Brian Chesky hired a full-time Pixar artist to storyboard Airbnb's experience
“He hired a full-time storyboard artist from Pixar that worked at Airbnb for over a year that helped develop these storyboards, these key frames along the journey of a host and a guest.”
Lenny Rachitsky Mar 16, 2022 ▶ 7:05 20 Product: Lenny Rachitsky on The 3 Key Roles of the Product Manager, 5 Skills All The Best PMs Have, When To Hire Your First PM, How to Structure the Hiring Process for PMs & What Leaders Can Do to Make Their PMs Successful
Nov 23, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Katzenberg: Bringing Pixar to Disney was his most transformative career moment
“For me, probably the most transformative moment is when I reached out to Steve Jobs and John Lasseter and brought them into the Walt Disney Company and made a home for Pixar.”
Jeffrey Katzenberg Nov 23, 2022 ▶ 5:54 20VC: Why Operating Experience Becomes Irrelevant Fast and Operators Often Give Bad Advice to Founders, Is Silicon Valley Really Dead? Are Gen Z the Most Entitled Employees? What Will Happen to a Generation of Pre-PMF Companies with $50M in the Bank with
Nov 26, 2022
Assertion Supported
Katzenberg: Bringing Steve Jobs and Pixar to Disney was transformative
“For me, probably the most transformative moment is when you know, I reached out to Steve Jobs and John Lasseter and brought them into the Walt Disney Company and made a home for Pixar.”
Jeffrey Katzenberg Nov 26, 2022 ▶ 2:36 Jeffrey Katzenberg & Sujay Jaswa: Takeaways from Dreamworks; What happened with Quibi? | 20VC #952 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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