Scott Weiss
8 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Scott Weiss · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Weiss: Intuitive SaaS applications remove the need for data-entry intermediaries
“If you look at the new applications like Box, like Evernote, you know, a lot of these new applications are built for mobile. They're they'll, they're built for kind of a HTML user interface, and they're intuitive in the way that Tom was talking about, like Fac…”
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Jan 2, 2019
Weiss: Boards scrutinize every number management puts on a slide
“The board eats whatever you serve them, and so you are the one that's preparing the meal and putting it in front of them, but you know, if you put up a slide with a bunch of numbers, they're going to ask you about every single number on that slide, right?”
Jan 2, 2019
Weiss: CEOs should ask vulnerable questions to coaches, not board members
“I would also recommend that there are things that you don't want to share with board members that you'd want to have a mentor or a CEO coach that you can ask those stupid questions with. So they're, you know, like, I think there's a range of questions that I f…”
Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Weiss: Customer board observers inhibit open discussion of company issues
“Where you try to get like a customer on your board, you know, like where, where they'd want an observer seat if they do a strategic round, somebody, Like, you know, I won't name any names, but sometimes that can alter what you say in the board meeting. You kno…”
Jan 2, 2019
Weiss: Regular executive sessions stop board members from conspiring offline
“Because it's like with every board I'm on after a period of time, I try to convince the CEO that it's a good idea because the first, like when I first walk in, It's normally like, what? You're gonna be talking about me, like, when I'm not here? But the implied…”