PowerPoint
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2025 by Bob Baxley · across every show →
Everything said about PowerPoint, oldest first
Jun 12, 2025 neutral
Steve Jobs Established Three Core Tenets for Creating the Keynote App
“Steve said, I want you to keep three things in mind. One is it should be difficult to make ugly presentations. Two, you should focus on cinematic quality transitions. And three, you should optimize for innovation over PowerPoint compatibility.”
Aug 3, 2025
Avoid relying on slide decks when presenting to combustible startup founders
“PowerPoint or whatever, whatever tool you're using. I mean, like, just be careful about being overly reliant upon it. It just, it's. Especially when you have a combustible founder who may take you off path such that your deck in its current order makes no sens…”
Apr 12, 2026 positive
Rabois: Shopify bans PMs from using static slides, requires working demos
“They have not let PMs provide like PowerPoint or keynote presentations on product for like two years. Every presentation on product has to be a workable demo, and they just expect the PMs to create the products, and the execs just refuse to look at static, you…”