Sacha Satya Runs Microsoft as a Type of Co-Founder

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took Steve Ballmer's advice to heart. He recognized that he was not a founder like Bill and Paul founded the company. The late stage co-founder doesn't need to have been there in the garage from day one, says Nadello. "What they need is the ability to tease out and articulate what it previously just been implied"

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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