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75: How to Found a Startup and Sell it to Google
75: How to Found a Startup and Sell it to Google
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jake interviews ex-Googler Xander Pollock—one of the first people to run sell Design Sprints outside Google. They cover a bunch of topics, such as:
Starting a company
Raising funding
How Google made the decision to buy Xander’s company
Building relationships, no ego, directness
Salary negotiations & making career decisions based on money
Going independent
Links
designsprintpro.com
Xander on LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter
Tim Ferriss
Marissa Mayer
Paul Graham
Punchd
Fivestars
Inbox by Gmail—Wikipedia
Design Thinking—Wikipedia
McKinsey
Bain
Book: Million Dollar Consulting—Alan Weiss—Amazon.com
Book: Buy Sprint! ??♀️
Book: Buy Make Time! ?⏰
AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass ??
Your Hosts:
Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek
Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream
Follow AJ&Smart on Instagram or Twitter: @ajsmartdesign
Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com
Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com
Show notes by @amrkhalifeh
Follow the podcast on Medium
Starting a company
Raising funding
How Google made the decision to buy Xander’s company
Building relationships, no ego, directness
Salary negotiations & making career decisions based on money
Going independent
Links
designsprintpro.com
Xander on LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter
Tim Ferriss
Marissa Mayer
Paul Graham
Punchd
Fivestars
Inbox by Gmail—Wikipedia
Design Thinking—Wikipedia
McKinsey
Bain
Book: Million Dollar Consulting—Alan Weiss—Amazon.com
Book: Buy Sprint! ??♀️
Book: Buy Make Time! ?⏰
AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass ??
Your Hosts:
Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek
Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream
Follow AJ&Smart on Instagram or Twitter: @ajsmartdesign
Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com
Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com
Show notes by @amrkhalifeh
Follow the podcast on Medium
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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