Capital One Business - What You've Learned So Far?

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Head of innovation at capital one talks to rapid response host Bob saffy about her first 100 days in the job. She says it's possible to fall in love with an idea too quickly while saying no to a better one. The show is recorded remotely using sanitized audio gear. Act find out more an masters of scale dot tom.

This past summer, Fidji Simo departed from Facebook – where she stood among the highest-ranking female executives, serving as the head of their app – for the opportunity to become a first-time CEO at Instacart. She replaced founder Apoorva Mehta, who appeared on this show last spring to talk about Instacart’s incredible COVID-fueled growth. Since then, Fidji has emphasized an evolved company mission, diversifying the company’s leadership and focusing on providing the necessary technology to help grocery retailers best serve their customers. As you’ll hear Fidji mention in the episode, she was raised in a French-Sicilian family where food anchored their daily life. “To me, Instacart’s mission resonated deeply, and I saw a very big opportunity.”

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