Foroughi: Corporate meetings are fundamentally driven by a fear of loss
Adam Foroughi · 20VC: AppLovin's Co-Founder & CEO, Adam Foroughi on How AppLovin Might Be The Venture Capital Industry's Biggest Miss, How To Run a 1,000+ Organisation with Very Few Meetings & Balancing the Demands of Wall St with Long Term, Sustainable Growth · Nov 29, 2021 · at 13:21
Adam Foroughi is the co-founder and CEO of AppLovin. He explains why traditional corporate cultures rely heavily on meetings.
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“That's fundamentally why people have a lot of meetings is fear of loss.”
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