Confession with Ali Partovi

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Every successful tech veteran has a story they don't tell from the stage: the deal that fell apart, the agonizing period of self-doubt, the moment they hit rock bottom. We pull back the curtain in Confession with Ali Partovi, featuring candid conversations with tech leaders including Satya Nadella, Dara Khosrowshahi, and others.

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  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Empathy and Lessons He Learned the Hard Way

    Ali sits with Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella who reflects on growing up in Hyderabad, India with academically accomplished parents, his early obsession with cricket, and a lifelong focus on getting a little better each year. He describes standing up to bullies, being introduced to computing through a Sinclair ZX80, working at Sun, and joining Microsoft in 1992. Satya shares formative lessons about empathy, including an interview moment where he was told to hypothetically “pick up and hug” a fallen child, and how his late son Zain’s cerebral palsy reshaped his perspective on leadership. He regrets early management failures, discusses missed strategic opportunities around search and keyword auctions in the search wars, and emphasizes courage, persistence, and taking risks while empowering others.

  2. 1d ago ·  Video

    Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Leaving Iran, Hitting Rock Bottom, and a Costly Mistake at Expedia

    Ali is joined by his cousin, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Dara recounts being born in Tehran in 1969, leaving Iran during the revolution of the late 1970s, and settling with extended family in New York. He goes into his experience as CEO of Expedia in his mid-30s, and how he lost confidence after a missed quarter and failing to push the board to approve buying Priceline. Dara discusses leading with both honesty and transparency, and describes COVID at Uber as his rock-bottom moment, pointing to massive demand collapse and survival-driven layoffs of over 5,000 people.

  3. Oct 2 ·  Video

    Introducing Confession with Ali Partovi

    Every successful tech veteran has a story they don't tell from the stage: the deal that fell apart, the agonizing period of self-doubt, the moment they hit rock bottom. We pull back the curtain on those stories in Confession with Ali Partovi, a new podcast featuring candid conversations with tech leaders including Satya Nadella, Dara Khosrowshahi, and others.

    Introducing Confession with Ali Partovi
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Every successful tech veteran has a story they don't tell from the stage: the deal that fell apart, the agonizing period of self-doubt, the moment they hit rock bottom. We pull back the curtain in Confession with Ali Partovi, featuring candid conversations with tech leaders including Satya Nadella, Dara Khosrowshahi, and others.

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