1 hr 18 min
#104 Co-founder of Intuit, Scott Cook: The Power of Paradigms Grit
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- Careers
Guest: Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit
In this episode, we cover: Allocating your time for both family and work (07:05); Working with Meg Whitman, Steve Ballmer, and other future stars (11:11); How Scott recruited his co-founder Tom Proulx, and other key figures at Intuit (15:32); Why more than two dozen venture capital firms refused to invest in Intuit (24:03); How Wells Fargo kept Intuit alive at its most desperate hour (33:00); The impact of Intuit’s struggle on Scott’s personal life, and going direct to consumers (37:45); Scott’s history with Kleiner Perkins chairman John Doerr (42:34); Quicken vs. Microsoft Money in an era when Microsoft crushed every competitor (45:31); Microsoft’s attempt to buy Intuit, and the antitrust lawsuit that sunk it all (54:32); Stepping down as CEO of Intuit and recruiting the “trillion-dollar coach,” Bill Campbell (01:02:00); How Scott met Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and became one of his first investors (01:12:30)
Guest: Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit
In this episode, we cover: Allocating your time for both family and work (07:05); Working with Meg Whitman, Steve Ballmer, and other future stars (11:11); How Scott recruited his co-founder Tom Proulx, and other key figures at Intuit (15:32); Why more than two dozen venture capital firms refused to invest in Intuit (24:03); How Wells Fargo kept Intuit alive at its most desperate hour (33:00); The impact of Intuit’s struggle on Scott’s personal life, and going direct to consumers (37:45); Scott’s history with Kleiner Perkins chairman John Doerr (42:34); Quicken vs. Microsoft Money in an era when Microsoft crushed every competitor (45:31); Microsoft’s attempt to buy Intuit, and the antitrust lawsuit that sunk it all (54:32); Stepping down as CEO of Intuit and recruiting the “trillion-dollar coach,” Bill Campbell (01:02:00); How Scott met Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and became one of his first investors (01:12:30)
1 hr 18 min