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Beating the Incumbents with Michael Ovitz on Boss Talk #9

Apr 9, 2021

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The Definition of a Great Marriage in Business

02:35

Venture Capital Firms Are Not Regulated, Right?

04:40

How Can You Build That Kind of Trust Between Two People?

04:16

Introduction

3min

Adventure Capital Firm - The Number One Thing You Want

5min

A Firm That Provided Services That No One Else Provided

4min

Investing Strategy - Value Proposition Strategies

5min

How Important Did You Know About the Difference Between Operators and Investors?

5min

Venture Capital Firms - The Strength Leads to Strength

2min

What's the Next Ten Years?

5min

Casino A

5min

Are the Companies the Same?

4min

10.

Bengoheade Lecty, We Learned Over the Years

2min

11.

Hire for Strength, Look for Strength

4min

12.

How Can You Build That Kind of Trust Between Two People?

4min

13.

The Definition of a Great Marriage in Business

3min

14.

Is It a Pandemic?

2min

15.

Venture Capital Firms Are Not Regulated, Right?

5min

16.

The Overlap Is What Makes It Work

2min

When Ben and Marc started a16z, CAA and its founder Michael Ovitz served as inspiration for how to break into an industry dominated by a few large incumbents. In 1975, a few large talent agencies dominated the entertainment industry. To break into the industry, Michael and CAA came up with a new playbook — rather than a single agent representing an actor or actress, he turned the entire agency into a network. In this special edition of Boss Talk, Michael joins Ben, Marc, and Ali to talk about how both CAA and a16z went from scrappy startup to industry leader by giving talent access to bigger networks.

Boss Talk is the Clubhouse show where a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi, the Founder/CEO of Databricks, discuss CEO stuff, leadership stuff, management stuff... boss stuff. Live every Tuesday 5-6pm on Clubhouse.