B2BaCEO (with Ashu Garg) How to Change the World (Ion Stoica, Executive Chairman & Former CEO of Databricks; & Co-Founder of Conviva)
Nov 21, 2019
Ion Stoica, a two-time founder/CEO and Berkeley computer science professor, discusses building impactful companies like ConViva and Databricks, navigating boards and VCs as a CEO, scaling challenges, making real-world impact in entrepreneurship and academia, and the doubts faced when transitioning from academia to a startup.
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Intro
00:00 • 3min
Building Impactful Companies: A Journey from Video Distribution to Big Data Processing
02:54 • 5min
Navigating Boards and VCs as a CEO
07:58 • 6min
Navigating Scaling Challenges and Making Real-world Impact in Entrepreneurship and Academia
13:39 • 3min
Challenges and Doubts in Transitioning from Academia to a Startup
16:10 • 3min