Ali Ghodsi
7 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 24, 2021 by Ali Ghodsi · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021 negative
Ghodsi: Databricks' early reliance on product-led growth was a mistake
“On the channel side, the mistake with it is we really early on, we're really big believers in this product led growth. We said, you know, we're going to build this beautiful simplified product that we now have. We put it online and it's going to be cloud based…”
May 24, 2021
Ghodsi: Databricks hires executive leaders who build, not just maintain
“What are the things we look for? We look for people who have seen build. So the joke I say is, do you have a driver's license? And people will say, I have it. Are you good at driving your car? Yes, I'm very good at it. Why are you asking? Can you build a car w…”
May 24, 2021
Ghodsi: Databricks open-sources products only after achieving product-market fit
“So our secret sauce is look at an enterprise problem, figure out what that is, understand it deeply by being really customer obsessed, bring the problem back, have the innovators, the PhDs that know how to solve these problems. Solve the problem. Iterate quick…”
May 24, 2021
Databricks splits R&D into enterprise stability and new innovation teams
“All of engineering and product is separated into two different pieces. One that focuses on the things that enterprises need, large enterprises, encryption, security, authentication, stability, and so on. And another piece that focuses on these innovations.”
May 24, 2021
Ghodsi: Enterprise demand starves new innovation unless R&D teams are separated
“So you actually, or chart wise should separate those out because otherwise what happens when you're successful is that the former gets all of the resources because the big enterprises have infinite demand for your for the things that you're doing.”
May 24, 2021
Ghodsi: Founders cannot pick their sales channel; product-market fit dictates it
“You don't get to pick your channel. You can, you don't get to say, oh, I want my ASP to be 50 K or 60. That's not your choice. You have a product. You have a market. If it has fit, you have to find the right channel to connect those two.”