Lawrence Levy

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Lawrence Levy · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Levy: Jobs and Pixar leadership never fought despite frequent disagreement
“It is, because we never fought, but we didn't always agree. There was this healthy... Debate, I would call it. One pushing the other, always pushing the other you know.”
Lawrence Levy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:24 a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
Levy: I fought building Pixar into an independent studio
“So the notion that you could build an independent, standalone animated feature film company was one that I basically fought every step of the way because it seemed impossible.”
Lawrence Levy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:45 a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steve Jobs cold-called Lawrence Levy in 1994 after seeing his photo
“Imagine that I'm sitting in my office at the company I was at then, which was Electronics for Imaging, and I was sitting at my desk, and the phone rings, and I pick up the phone, and on the other end of the phone, I hear this voice that says, Hi, this is Steve…”
Lawrence Levy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:57 a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Levy: Business leaders can succeed without being jerks, though it is harder
“You don't have to be a jerk to succeed, but it's harder, because you can be a jerk and succeed.”
Lawrence Levy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:05 a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Levy argued with Steve Jobs to underprice Pixar's IPO
“Well, I would say that the pricing of an IPO on the financial side of a company is one of the most important decisions that it will make. And this was also a point of contention between Steve and I about how to price it. I, my thinking about it was that it's i…”
Lawrence Levy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:11 a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
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