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Notion's CEO on where he stumbled with sales

Describe the workflow. The code appears. | Jake Stauch, Serval

Notion’s Ivan Zhao: The Refounder
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao details the transition from traditional "marching band" management to a "jazz band" organizational philosophy, where agility and AI-native workflows replace rigid hierarchies. This shift prioritizes hiring for agency, taste, and curiosity over mere experience, as language models democratize technic...

The simple test most automation platforms fail | Jake Stauch, Serval

Employees want autonomy. Organizations don't. | Jake Stauch, Serval

Twitter's CEO banned cross-team approvals. Here's what happened next. #podcast #shorts

Rebuilding IT From the Ground Up for the AI Age: Serval's Jake Stauch
Serval aims to close the gap between idealized job roles and daily reality by providing an AI-native enterprise service management platform. By using natural language to generate workflows and automate database updates, the platform eliminates the lengthy development cycles associated with legacy systems. The company e...

Claude Code, Suno, and cooking all have one thing in common

"Creation is actually the entertaining bit." Suno's Mikey Schulman

Can AI make music more social? Suno's Mikey Schulman

Twitter's CEO started coming back to the office at 9:30 PM. Here's why. #podcast #shorts

"Let's throw away everything we know about music" Suno founder Mikey Schulman

Jack Dorsey told Bezos great CEOs say no to everything. Bezos disagreed. #podcast #shorts

Suno's Mikey Shulman: Everyone Can Make Music Now
Suno transforms music from a passive consumption medium into an active, creative entertainment platform by modeling raw sound waves rather than adhering to traditional 12-tone constraints. By treating audio as a continuous stream of data, the technology enables users to generate complex, lyrical songs that transcend co...

The difference between a manager and an executive, explained with one metaphor. #podcast #shorts

Twitter's ex-CEO auditioned for SNL. It taught him something he never forgot. #podcast #shorts

The first goal Dick Costolo set as Twitter CEO was embarrassingly low. #shorts #twitter #podcast

Surviving Twitter's Growing Pains: Ex-CEO Dick Costolo
Scaling a hypergrowth organization requires shifting from consensus-based decision-making to a model of individual accountability and high-velocity execution. As the third CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo implemented a "bias to yes" framework, which minimizes bureaucratic friction by allowing teams to proceed with experime...

AI That Designs Its Own Chips: Ricursive's Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini
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