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Masters of Scale will host a live strategy session on Monday, May 8th at 3.30pm Pacific. We'll be tackling some of the most top-of-mind questions for entrepreneurs with a special focus on how your business can thrive even amidst an economic downturn. Go to mastersofscale.com forward slash strategy session to register for free. Today's show is based on a simple, timeless story: The adventures of Captain Jess Specklecrow and her band of cutthroat pirates.

Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships — they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at some point, and evolve into something more akin to a navy — no less heroic, but more disciplined. Dara Khosrowshahi, as Uber CEO, took on the most extreme pirate-to-navy transition in startup history. Though Uber blitzscaled to become the most valuable startup in the world, it was also notorious for its toxic culture — and Dara turned the company around. His method? Truth-telling and doing the right thing

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