CEO

also referred to as: ceos

11 statements across 11 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Nov 14, 2024 by Jordi Hays · across every show →

Everything said about CEO, oldest first

Nov 14, 2024 negative
Insight
Hays: Frequent CEO posting is a red flag unless selling to startups
“I think that if I see a portfolio company CEO's name four times in the timeline per day, and they're not selling to venture backed startups. Risky. It's a big, it's kind of a bit of a red flag.”
Jordi Hays Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 1:01:32 Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
Nov 23, 2024 negative
Insight
Ideas-Guy CEOs Face a Trap Chasing Novelty Over Repetitive Execution
“I think if you're an ideas guy CEO, this can be, there's a real trap where you're trying to, like, think of the next new exciting novel thing when really you just need to do the boring thing over and over and over for years.”
Jordi Hays Nov 23, 2024 ▶ 1:12:41 FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
Jan 10, 2025 negative
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Coogan: Never Sell Your Startup Unless on Track to Be Acquirer's CEO
“I've always said this, that you should never sell your company, but if you do, you should be sure that you're on the track to be the CEO of the acquiring company.”
John Coogan Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 35:14 The US GOVERNMENT Files (Time for the Truth)
Mar 5, 2025
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Rabois: The best CEOs serve as their company's chief marketing officer
“The best CEOs are the chief marketing officer for the company.”
Keith Rabois Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 3:20 "Work at an outstanding organization first" - Keith Rabois Advice on Starting Companies
Mar 15, 2025 positive
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Career progression depends on a CEO's internal trust score, not titles
“So the thing I realized was that basically for the CEO, they look at all their employees and there's just a trust score. And the trust score is basically like, can I trust you to be watching out for problems and identifying them yourself, or am I gonna have to…”
Shaan Puri Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 6:59 Shaan Puri talks about Podcasting, Elevating Talent, the Power of Social Media.
Mar 24, 2025 positive
Insight
Senra: CEOs Should Design Companies for Themselves, Not Future Successors
“He designs, he believes the founder or the leader should design the company, not for like what's necessarily best, like after they leave, but literally what's best for what they're doing now. He says, ultimately my E staff, which is his direct ports, ultimatel…”
David Senra Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 25:57 David Senra on Nvidia, Jensen Huang, and Being a Great Founder.
Oct 21, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cohen: CEOs will choose AI over humans to cut short-term costs
“One thing I know for certain is that the CEOs, if they can reduce their cost structure in the short term, They're gonna replace, they're gonna take computers over humans.”
Ryan Cohen Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 44:34 GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen live on TBPN
Oct 31, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Most CEOs would reject Tesla-style compensation due to aggressive growth targets
“It's just that the targets are so aggressive that most CEOs don't think they would achieve them.”
Podcast Co-host / Contributor Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 14:35 Google's First $100B Quarter Reactions | Diet TBPN
Feb 13, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hays: Software CEOs post strong quarters but stocks drop 7% to 20%
“CEOs have been putting up some great quarters, and then, you know, they're trading down between seven and 20%.”
Jordi Hays Feb 13, 2026 ▶ 9:14 Become Unsloppable: How to Survive the Great Software Collapse
Feb 14, 2026
Insight
Hays: Fast-followers fail by copying public CEO commentary instead of real moats
“CEOs can do a hundred hours of podcasts and tell you a lot. About what they're doing without telling you the one or two things that are actually important, and it's very easy for somebody to come in and try to fast follow. And ultimately just, like, kind of ge…”
Jordi Hays Feb 14, 2026 ▶ 20:10 Becoming Unsloppable, Anthropic’s Series G, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
Mar 23, 2026
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Startups like Bordy are pitching AI agent stacks to CEOs
“There are companies that are starting to do this where they're pitching their agent stacks for CEOs. Bordy is sort of one version of that.”
John Coogan Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 27:03 SpaceX’s Lunar Mass Driver, OpenAI Hires Meta’s Top Ad Exec, Zuck Builds CEO Agent | Diet TBPN
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