Co-founder of Coursera and of Google Brain; founder of DeepLearning.AI
I just finished reading BJ Fogg's new book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything.
Recorded · DeepLearning.AI · 2020
Technology
People on the record here who work in technology, and what they were asked.
15 people · 120 answers
In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life?
Chief executive of Alphabet and Google
It took me a while to realize that the internet would be the single best way to make technology accessible to more people.
Recorded · Google (The Keyword) · 2020
Co-founder and chief executive of Zerodha
Sleeping by 9 pm & getting a workout at 5 am has been helpful. Sleeping early reduces the chances of bingeing when we are drained and have low self-control at the end of the day.
Recorded · Nithin Kamath's blog · 2022
Former chief operating officer of Facebook; founder of LeanIn.org
Finding gratitude and appreciation is key to resilience. People who take the time to list things they are grateful for are happier and healthier.
Recorded · Los Angeles Times · 2016
Co-founder and chief executive of Dropbox
That night, I realized there are no warmups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Every day we're writing a few more words of a story.
Recorded · MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2013
What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
Co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb
Getting rich slow isn't actually slower. It's slower in year one, but it might be faster in year seven.
Recorded · Business Insider (Markets Insider) · 2020
Founder and former chief executive of Amazon; founder of Blue Origin
My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, “Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever.”
Recorded · Princeton University · 2010
Professor of computer science at Stanford University; creator of ImageNet
Scientists are people who are curious and want to pursue knowledge and pursue truth, and this still remains the most timeless and priceless value of a scientific career.
Recorded · Yahoo Tech
Co-founder of Ushahidi; lawyer and open-government activist
I wish I had known how to “manage up.” I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.
Recorded · Quartz
Chief executive of YouTube; Google's first marketing manager
Life doesn't offer you the perfect opportunity at the perfect time. Opportunities come when you least expect them ... Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way.
Recorded · HuffPost · 2014
Founder and chief executive of Bumble
I think fear and fear of the unknown and perceived failure is what holds people back. For me, I am more scared of complacency than having something not work out.
Recorded · CNBC Make It · 2021
What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
The second thing there was another thing I learned at Sequoia is that the culture of a business is built in the first six months by the first ten to 15 employees.
Recorded · Goldman Sachs (official event transcript)
Co-founder of LinkedIn; partner at Greylock Partners
Our culture lionizes entrepreneurs who navigate daring switchbacks in their career. Steve Jobs was admired not just for Apple, but also his detour to found Pixar.
Recorded · Reid Hoffman on Medium
Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
No. We have a lot of customers, and we have a lot of research into our installed base. We also watch industry trends pretty carefully.
Recorded · Business Week · 1998
Engineer and designer; led the iPod and iPhone teams at Apple, founder of Nest Labs
every time I heard the word “smart” attached to anything, it means it’s pretty dumb, because no one knows what it really does.
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2016
Co-founder and former chief executive of Spotify
Many people talk about a willingness to have failures. I hate failures. I don't think you should strike to make failures.
Recorded · Music Ally · 2016
Co-founder and chief executive of Dropbox
I was going to say work on what you love, but that's not really it. It's so easy to convince yourself that you love what you're doing — who wants to admit that they don't?
Recorded · MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2013
Everyone here · A–Z
Bill Gates, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, James Dyson, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Linus Torvalds, Nithin Kamath, Randy Pausch, Reid Hoffman, Steve Jobs, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Tony Fadell, Whitney Wolfe Herd