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How Power Dynamics Explain Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, and OpenAI

By Chris Yeh and Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer This weekend, the entire technology industry has focused its attention on the drama (or perhaps tragedy) unfolding at OpenAI. On Friday, the board fired CEO Sam Altman. By Saturday evening, news outlets were reporting that Altman might return as CEO. …

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Dec 2, 2015

CS183C Session 19: Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn

Jeff Weiner | LinkedIn View Jeff Weiner's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping…www.linkedin.com https://twitter.com/jeffweiner Today’s special guest was LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who sat down for a fireside chat with Reid Hoffman. Reid and Jeff met in February of 2008, started talking about how to build companies, and had the good fortune to work together at LinkedIn.

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 28, 2015

CS183C Session 11: Patrick Collison, Stripe

Home · Patrick Collison Over the last two decades, tension between government and the changes caused by the internet has been a recurring theme…patrickcollison.com Patrick Collison (@patrickc) | Twitter The latest Tweets from Patrick Collison (@patrickc). Fallibilist, optimist. Stripe CEO. patrick@stripe.comtwitter.com Patrick Collison See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Patrick directly View Patrick's Full Profile View full profile…www.linkedin.com

Startup

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Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 20, 2015

CS183C Session 18: Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American Internet entrepreneur who is best known for being the co…en.wikipedia.org Brian Chesky | LinkedIn View Brian Chesky's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping…www.linkedin.com Brian Chesky (@bchesky) | Twitter The latest Tweets from Brian Chesky (@bchesky). Co-founder, CEO of Airbnb. San Franciscotwitter.com

Startup

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Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 17, 2015

Featured Essays for Assignment #2

As part of CS183C, the students write essays reflecting on the lectures and speakers they’ve seen. In many cases, they explore how blitzscaling applies to their own professional lives. Here are the essays from Assignment #2 that we’ve chosen to feature: Tell Me Apart: Hiring for the Tribe Over the last four years, I’ve interviewed at a lot of companies. They range from companies consisting of just the…medium.com

Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 17, 2015

Featured Essays for Assignment #1

As part of CS183C, the students write essays reflecting on the lectures and speakers they’ve seen. In many cases, they explore how blitzscaling applies to their own professional lives. Here are the essays from Assignment #1 that we’ve chosen to feature: Essay #1 — On scaling companies at the family stage: For any early stage company, it seems like one can divide the operation into actions that contribute to content and…medium.com

Medium

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Medium

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 13, 2015

CS183C Session 16: Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hastings was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Joan Amory (Loomis) and Wilmot Reed Hastings. His maternal great…en.wikipedia.org Reed Hastings | LinkedIn View Reed Hastings' professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping…www.linkedin.com Reed Hastings (@reedhastings) | Twitter The latest Tweets from Reed Hastings (@reedhastings). CEO Netflixtwitter.com

Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 11, 2015

CS183C Session 15: Diane Greene, VMware

Diane Greene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1998, Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion founded VMware. In 2004, VMware was…en.wikipedia.org Jerry Chen | LinkedIn See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Jerry directly View Jerry's Full Profile Looking to invest in world…www.linkedin.com For today’s class session, guest lecturer Jerry Chen interviewed his long-time colleague Diane Greene, the founder of VMware.

Startup

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Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Nov 5, 2015

CS183C Session 13: Shishir Mehrotra

Shishir Mehrotra Founder Starting View full profile Responsible for YouTube product, engineering, and user experience teams including…www.linkedin.com Shishir (@shishirmehrotra) | Twitter The latest Tweets from Shishir (@shishirmehrotra): "Great article by @ev. Shifting the YouTube metric to watch time was…twitter.com Our special guest was Shishir Mehrotra, who talked about scaling, and then spoke with Allen Blue. You can watch the recording here.

Startup

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Blitzscaling: Class Notes and Essays

·Oct 30, 2015

CS183C Session 12: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor

Nirav Tolia | LinkedIn View Nirav Tolia's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping…www.linkedin.com Nirav Tolia (@niravtolia) | Twitter The latest Tweets from Nirav Tolia (@niravtolia). Co-Founder and CEO of Nextdoor, the private social network for…twitter.com For today’s class session, John Lilly interviewed our special guest, Nirav Tolia, the founder of Epinions and Nextdoor. You can watch the recording here.

Startup

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Startup

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