tech

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Aug 7, 2022 by Ryan Hoover · across every show →

Everything said about tech, oldest first

Aug 7, 2022 negative
Opinion
Hoover: Tech culture defaults to immediately raising venture capital on an idea
“I think people who are in tech, especially are certain bubbles of tech. That's the default. It's like the first thing I do, I have an idea now let's go raise money.”
Ryan Hoover Aug 7, 2022 ▶ 15:24 How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund
Jun 11, 2023 negative
Opinion
Singhal: Tech's biggest historical mistake was failing to formally train managers
“In, you know, in a hundred years, when the archaeologists look back and they see tech in the sort of early years of tech, the first 3034 years, they'll say that the biggest surprise was how much we thought it was okay to not train managers.”
Nikhyl Singhal Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 35:15 Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)
May 30, 2024 negative
Insight
Dixon: Tech sellers lose credibility by bringing a 'clown car' of experts
“What we see in so many sales interactions, especially in tech, is that salespeople will show up with the clown car of experts, the subject matter experts, the solutions engineers, the product people, the executive sponsors, and then they will just punt to thes…”
Matt Dixon May 30, 2024 ▶ 40:45 The surprising truth about what closes deals: Insights from 2.5m sales conversations | Matt Dixon
Mar 6, 2025 negative
Opinion
Zhao: Tech industry focuses too much on short cycles over enduring products
“Software, and especially tech, it's just every six months, every 12 months cycle, they don't, we don't think enough about create something that lasts. I care creating something that's, at least the form factor lasts longer than half 18 months.”
Ivan Zhao Mar 6, 2025 ▶ 37:05 Notion's lost years, near collapse during COVID, staying small to move fast, building horizontal
Aug 3, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ageism remains real in tech, but is slightly less ignored today
“Yeah, it, you know, it's clearly a problem. I'd say it's maybe a little bit less of a problem than it was a dozen years ago, because I think a dozen years ago, it was almost a blind spot.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 27:28 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
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