VMware

3 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 10, 2020 by Erica Brescia · said 16 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Sep 10, 2020 positive
Insight
Brescia: Keep acquisition discussions limited to the smallest possible group
“So it's best to keep the discussion within the smallest group of folks possible so you don't disrupt the business and create unnecessary stress and uncertainty for your team while you're working through the details.”
Erica Brescia Sep 10, 2020 ▶ 20:06 What Being a Founder Taught Me About Leadership - Lessons from GitHub’s COO
Mar 21, 2023 positive
What-if
Lenta: VMware, AWS, and Databricks were destined to succeed inevitably
“All of the companies I've worked at, VMware, Amazon Web Services, and now I hope Databricks, they would have been successful with or without me. There was an inevitability. Customers were going to virtualize their data centers. People were going to consume tec…”
Ed Lenta Mar 21, 2023 ▶ 4:22 Lessons Learned in Scaling Early-Stage to Hyper-Growth Companies: From VMware, AWS and Databricks
Aug 6, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hott: Assigning non-sales execs to enterprise accounts accelerated Slack roadmap feedback
“At Slack, we took our largest customers, and we assigned non-sales DRIs, directly responsible individuals, to be in charge of each customer. So our VP of engineering, Michael Lopp, was in charge of VMware. Our CTO, Alan, was in charge of Nike, and so on. And a…”
Maggie Hott Aug 6, 2025 ▶ 19:28 How to Build Top-Performing Sales Orgs with OpenAI's GTM Leader Maggie Hott
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