Today, I’m joined by Bruno Aziza, who has an incredible background in data and technology and is a dear friend of mine. He has held previous positions at Google, Oracle, Microsoft, and AtScale. He’s currently a Partner at CapitalG, which is Alphabet's independent growth fund.
In today’s episode, we cover:
- The importance of starting with first principles. This means defining your set of beliefs, particular identity, and your core center of design for your product.
- Why you should be competing at the service level for your customers, not the feature level.
- The biggest learning from Bruno’s time as the Head of Data & Analytics at Google Cloud.
- How to approach confrontation in the workplace.
I’m very excited for you to listen.
And by the way, my book has officially launched!
You can order a copy of Sales Pitch by going to https://www.aprildunford.com/books
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If You Want To Skip Ahead:
(00:00) Meet my guest Bruno Aziza
(01:50) Transitioning from a big company to a startup
(06:59) Bruno’s big takeaways from his time at a successful startup
(14:20) How Bruno applies the “center of design” concept to his thinking
(21:00) Connecting with customer pain points
(27:59) Lessons from leading Data & Analytics at Google Cloud
(33:01) Handling workplace confrontation
(35:24) Why being hyper-realistic is a great way to approach cross-functional meetings
(38:18) Bruno’s role at CapitalG
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Where To Find Bruno Aziza:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunoaziza
CarCast: https://tinyurl.com/TheCarCast
Where To Find April Dunford:
Podcast Website: https://www.positioning.show/
Personal Website: https://www.aprildunford.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprildunford/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aprildunford
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Referenced:
CapitalG: https://www.capitalg.com/
AtScale: https://www.atscale.com/
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