Todd McKinnon
10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 22, 2021 by Todd McKinnon · said 21 times in 6 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Mike Maples (8), Frederic Kerrest (6), Pat Grady (4), Ben Horowitz (2), Jason Lemkin (1)
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2025 8 mentions in 1 episode
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 11 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: Okta Founder Frederic Kerrest on Why You Want To Be A Monopolist In A Small Market, The Biggest Challenges in Scaling Okta To IPO and Being a16z's First Ever Fund Check
- 20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution
- 20VC: a16z's Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
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Feb 22, 2021
McKinnon: Establish quarterly predictability before pitching long-term vision
“Once you set that foundation and you kind of can set the, you can, here's the expectations. There's predictability. Yes, we might, there might be a little bit of variance from it, but it's not going to be dramatic. Then you've earned the right to kind of tell …”
Feb 22, 2021 negative
Todd McKinnon: The 'CEO filter' impedes effective executive decision-making
“It's the CEO filter, I call it. Everyone that talks to you is putting on their CEO filter, like, what does the CEO want to hear? What does he not want to hear? What kind of mood is he in? It's natural, right? Anytime you talk to someone that has a prominent po…”
Feb 22, 2021 neutral
Feb 22, 2021 positive
McKinnon: Radical transparency in recruiting self-selects better long-term talent
“You should go the other way than your instinct. You should be super transparent about that and embrace what you are. Like, don't try to be the coolest thing on the block. Embrace what you're doing. It's more effective because it's just, it comes off as more ge…”
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 positive
Todd McKinnon names Ben Horowitz as his top board member
“Yeah, it's a lot of good ones, but I think Ben Horowitz is the first. He's been there from the very early days, so we have a special, special connection, and also, he's also, we're compatible, like, in the way we think about things. Pretty logical thinkers. Ou…”
Feb 22, 2021 positive
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 negative
McKinnon: Leadership vulnerability becomes unproductive past the point of building trust
“I definitely think you can be vulnerable to a point where it's almost, you're a downer, you know. I have this problem, and I have this angst, and I'm, I have this hang-up, and this is messed up, and you come across as a complainer, or as a, or it's just not pr…”
Feb 22, 2021
McKinnon: Providing rich context maximizes board member advice quality
“You're going to get better input from the board, the more you equip them and arm them with context. If you don't share much context, and you kind of leave them guessing or speculating about the context of what's going on in the business and the industry, the q…”