Frank Slootman
12 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2023 by Frank Slootman · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jun 29, 2023 neutral
Slootman: There is no universally good culture, only what enables the mission
“Culture is not a general thing. There's no such thing as general goodness. I mean, a culture needs to really enable your mission, right? And whatever, whatever enables your mission effectively is, is a good culture. There's no universal culture. That's good.”
Jun 29, 2023 negative
Jun 29, 2023 negative
Slootman: Graduates should avoid management consulting for real economy operating roles
“Don't go working for some consulting firm, you know, out of school, right? Try to get a real job in the real economy, building real products, selling real products. He says, you really need to feel what it's like, you know, to sort of be in the drive train of …”
Jun 29, 2023
Jun 29, 2023 neutral
Slootman: Organizations decelerate to a glacial pace unless leaders drive intensity
“This is what naturally happens to human beings. It's just, it's innate. We slow down to a glacial pace unless there are People who are going to drive tempo and pace and intensity and urgency. That's what leaders need to do because people naturally slow down.”
Jun 29, 2023 negative
Slootman: Traditional SaaS subscription contracts are inequitable to enterprise customers
“You know, when I was at ServiceNow, you know, I always felt that it was not an equitable relationship that we have with our customers. Cause oftentimes, you know, they would sign up with us for many millions of dollars and It took them nine months to even get …”
Jun 29, 2023
Slootman: High performers welcome increased intensity, energy, and high standards
“Don't be afraid, you know, that people will react poorly to it. They won't. The good people will actually love it. And especially if you're in the leadership role and who isn't, you know, this is really what people want. They want to inject energy and focus an…”
Jun 29, 2023 neutral
Jun 29, 2023
Jun 29, 2023 neutral
Jun 29, 2023 positive
Nov 6, 2025 neutral
Ramaswamy: Slootman Stepped Down Because Snowflake Was Slow on AI
“I think what happened was the company was a little slow to reacting to changes from things like machine learning and AI. And that was a little bit of, honestly, the reason why Frank voluntarily pushed for the change, because he felt presently that we are heade…”