What Are You Doing at LinkedIn?

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Microsoft's approach to M&A contrasts sharply with what the Microsoft are bold might have done. This is exactly the type of perspective that re-founders bring, says CEO Satya Nadella. A first founder can get a company to a powerful place in society, he adds. The re-founder has to and gets to ask, how do we earn keeping it?

To achieve massive scale, you don’t just need founders, you also need a re-founder – someone to come in at a later stage to keep the mission and culture on track. As Microsoft’s third CEO ever — after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer — Satya Nadella is doing just that. He’s fostered a culture at Microsoft that rewards new ideas and makes room for feedback. Satya discusses how, as Chairman and CEO, he has transformed Microsoft from a cutthroat culture towards embracing social networks, collaboration, and cloud. Plus, Satya and Reid reminisce about the early conversations that led to Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn. With guest David Mandel, showrunner of Veep.

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