Emil Michael (ex CBO at Uber)

03/29/22 • 55 min

Emil Michael was the Chief Business Officer at Uber during their hyperscale period from 2013 - 2017.

In this episode, Emil shares crucial lessons from Uber. He details how and why to develop an ambitious blitzscaling mentality from day one, imparts specific tactics learned from launching Uber in China, and advises patience when it comes to hiring Execs.

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Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
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Emil Michael was the Chief Business Officer at Uber during their hyperscale period from 2013 - 2017.

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

Check out the On Deck job board

Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:

Guest: @emilmichael
Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck

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Cristina Cordova (ex Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion)

Cristina Cordova was the 28th employee at Stripe and grew their partnerships arm from the ground up. Most recently, she led platform & partnerships at Notion, which included starting the Growth Product Team.

In this episode, we discuss how to build a partnerships team, what to look for in BD hires, and the ins and outs of successful deal-making.

Cristina is an active angel and advisor. You can hear more from her by following @cjc on Twitter

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

Check out the On Deck job board

Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:

Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck

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Babak Siavoshy (General Counsel at Anduril, ex Legal Counsel at Palantir)

(A note that this episode was recorded before Russia's invasion of Ukraine).

Babak Siavoshy is Vice President & General Counsel at Anduril Industries. His legal background combined with his deep operating experience in tech is a rare & precious combination.

In this episode, we discuss how to build legal teams from scratch, how to grow data protection teams, and much more at the intersection of legal and ops.

Babak’s team at Anduril is bringing a new era of tech to the military - check them out at anduril.com

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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale. To engage further:

Check out the On Deck job board

Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:
Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
Brought to you by: @beondeck