Sourcery with Molly O'Shea

What Sourcery with Molly O'Shea Says About Leadership

15 episodes about leadership

Interviews with top investors & CEOs.

Key Insights on Leadership

Toughness, kindness, and clarity are all essential in leadership - "don't forget the toughness because you don't want yes people around you"

  • Meta is now using artificial intelligence to review approximately 50% of user-submitted content complaints, leading to layoffs across moderation teams.
  • Brian Armstrong discovered the Bitcoin A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System white paper on Hacker News in December 2010, leading to Coinbase's founding
  • Sitting is now the new smoking and the leading cause of all-cause mortality according to Gary Brecca
  • Before 2021, only five billion-dollar-plus private credit deals were completed; since then, over 100 have been done with Blackstone leading most
  • UK 30-year gilt yields hit their highest level since 1998 amid political uncertainty over Starmer's leadership
  • Lee Kuan Yew represents the prototype for 21st century leadership - 'the first startup CEO of a country' who delivered results through minimal coercion
  • Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the US, projected to kill 55,000 people this year

Episodes

AI Agents Could Drive 10,000x More Web Activity | Former Twitter CEO

AI Agents Could Drive 10,000x More Web Activity | Former Twitter CEO

How AWS Sold Cloud to the CIA – Teresa Carlson GCI

How AWS Sold Cloud to the CIA – Teresa Carlson GCI

Dara Khosrowshahi’s Full Circle Launch: Expedia x Uber

Dara Khosrowshahi’s Full Circle Launch: Expedia x Uber

Inside Figure: The Race to Build Humanoid Robots That Actually Work

Inside Figure: The Race to Build Humanoid Robots That Actually Work

Skydio Raises $110M Series F at $4.4B Valuation | CEO Adam Bry

Skydio Raises $110M Series F at $4.4B Valuation | CEO Adam Bry

General Catalyst's First-Ever Quarterly Letter | CEO Hemant Taneja

General Catalyst's First-Ever Quarterly Letter | CEO Hemant Taneja

Applied Intuition: The $15B Physical AI Company (You Should Know)

Applied Intuition: The $15B Physical AI Company (You Should Know)

How Roblox Turned Game Developers Into $1.3M+ Earners

How Roblox Turned Game Developers Into $1.3M+ Earners

Inside a16z Growth: Waymo, Stripe, ElevenLabs, Revolut, Coinbase, ElevenLabs, Kalshi

Inside a16z Growth: Waymo, Stripe, ElevenLabs, Revolut, Coinbase, ElevenLabs, Kalshi

Thomas Laffont, Coatue - Anthropic, Citrini Paper, AI Volatility & Next Mag 7

Thomas Laffont, Coatue - Anthropic, Citrini Paper, AI Volatility & Next Mag 7

Inside Opendoor: The $2.8B Bet with CEO Kaz Nejatian

Inside Opendoor: The $2.8B Bet with CEO Kaz Nejatian

Sam Altman’s Answer to Bots

Sam Altman’s Answer to Bots

Inside the Minds of the Greatest Founders | David Senra

Inside the Minds of the Greatest Founders | David Senra

$635M Exit β†’ $600M Fund: David Ulevitch on Building a16z’s Hottest New Fund

$635M Exit β†’ $600M Fund: David Ulevitch on Building a16z’s Hottest New Fund

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